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EDWARD OSBORNE WILSON
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• EDWARD OSBORNE WILSON (noun)
The noun EDWARD OSBORNE WILSON has 1 sense:
1. United States entomologist who has generalized from social insects to other animals including humans (born in 1929)
Familiarity information: EDWARD OSBORNE WILSON used as a noun is very rare.
• EDWARD OSBORNE WILSON (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
United States entomologist who has generalized from social insects to other animals including humans (born in 1929)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
E. O. Wilson; Edward Osborne Wilson; Wilson
Instance hypernyms:
bug-hunter; bugologist; entomologist (a zoologist who studies insects)
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