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LEPIDOPTERIST

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lepidopterist mean? 

LEPIDOPTERIST (noun)
  The noun LEPIDOPTERIST has 1 sense:

1. an entomologist who specializes in the collection and study of butterflies and mothsplay

  Familiarity information: LEPIDOPTERIST used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


LEPIDOPTERIST (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

An entomologist who specializes in the collection and study of butterflies and moths

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

butterfly collector; lepidopterist; lepidopterologist

Hypernyms ("lepidopterist" is a kind of...):

bug-hunter; bugologist; entomologist (a zoologist who studies insects)

Derivation:

lepidoptery (the branch of entomology dealing with Lepidoptera)


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