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entomologist

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A scientist who studies insects.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • The noted entomologist Charles W. Woodworth suggested the use of Drosophila melanogaster for genetic studies.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a zoologist who studies insects

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bugologist, bug-hunter

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: zoologist, animal scientist

Narrower terms: lepidopterist, lepidopterologist, butterfly collector, Wilson, E. O. Wilson, Edward Osborne Wilson

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English entomology Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English entomologist From entomology + -ist.

Across languages

Translations

56 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: միջատաբան (miǰataban) — scientist who studies insects
  • Asturian: entomólogu — scientist who studies insects
  • Asturian: entomóloga — scientist who studies insects
  • Belarusian: энтамо́лаг (entamólah) — scientist who studies insects
  • Catalan: entomòleg — scientist who studies insects
  • Chinese Mandarin: 昆蟲學家 /昆虫学家 (kūnchóngxuéjiā) — scientist who studies insects
  • Czech: entomolog — scientist who studies insects
  • Danish: entomolog — scientist who studies insects
  • Dutch: entomoloog — scientist who studies insects
  • Dutch: entomologe — scientist who studies insects
  • Dutch: insectenkenner — scientist who studies insects
  • Esperanto: entomologo — scientist who studies insects
  • Esperanto: insektologo — scientist who studies insects
  • Finnish: hyönteistutkija — scientist who studies insects
  • French: entomologiste — scientist who studies insects
  • Galician: entomólogo — scientist who studies insects
  • Galician: entomóloga — scientist who studies insects
  • German: Entomologe — scientist who studies insects
  • German: Entomologin — scientist who studies insects
  • German: Insektenwissenschaftler — scientist who studies insects
  • German: Insektenwissenschaftlerin — scientist who studies insects
  • Hindi: कीटविज्ञानी (kīṭvijñānī) — scientist who studies insects
  • Hungarian: entomológus — scientist who studies insects
  • Hungarian: rovartudós — scientist who studies insects
  • Irish: feithideolaí — scientist who studies insects
  • Italian: entomologo — scientist who studies insects
  • Japanese: 昆虫学者 (konchūgakusha) — scientist who studies insects
  • Latin: entomologus — scientist who studies insects
  • Latin: entomologa — scientist who studies insects
  • Latvian: entomologs — scientist who studies insects
  • Latvian: entomoloģe — scientist who studies insects
  • Lithuanian: entomologas — scientist who studies insects
  • Norwegian Bokmål: entomolog — scientist who studies insects
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: entomolog — scientist who studies insects
  • Polish: entomolog — scientist who studies insects
  • Polish: entomolożka — scientist who studies insects
  • Polish: owadoznawca — scientist who studies insects
  • Polish: owadoznawczyni — scientist who studies insects
  • Portuguese: entomologista — scientist who studies insects
  • Portuguese: entomólogo — scientist who studies insects
  • Romanian: entomolog — scientist who studies insects
  • Romanian: entomologist — scientist who studies insects
  • Russian: энтомо́лог (entomólog) — scientist who studies insects
  • Russian: инсекто́лог (insektólog) — scientist who studies insects
  • Slovak: entomológ — scientist who studies insects
  • Slovak: entomologička — scientist who studies insects
  • Spanish: entomólogo — scientist who studies insects
  • Spanish: entomóloga — scientist who studies insects
  • Swedish: entomolog — scientist who studies insects
  • Tagalog: dalubkulisap — scientist who studies insects
  • Turkish: böcekbilimci — scientist who studies insects
  • Turkish: entomolog — scientist who studies insects
  • Turkish: entomolojist — scientist who studies insects
  • Ukrainian: ентомо́лог (entomóloh) — scientist who studies insects
  • Vietnamese: nhà côn trùng học — scientist who studies insects
  • Volapük: näsäkavan — scientist who studies insects
Real reading context

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