chiropterologist

English

WOTD – 30 July 2012

Etymology

Chiroptera + -ologist.

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /kaɪˌɹɑptəˈɹɑləd͡ʒɪst/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kaɪˌɹɒptəˈɹɒlədʒɪst/
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Noun

chiropterologist (plural chiropterologists)

  1. Someone who studies bats (the flying mammals).
    • 2001, Kathleen Meyer, Barefoot Hearted: A Wild Life Among Wildlife, Villard, →ISBN, page 88:
      Several years later, after reading three of his books on bats, I placed a call to the venerable chiropterologist Dr. M. Brock Fenton, known as the "batman" of York University in Toronto.

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