noun
Meaning 1
An expert in ichthyology: one who studies fishes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
ichthyologist
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noun
Meaning 2
a zoologist who studies fishes
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: zoologist, animal scientist
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English ichthyology 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 ichthyologist From ichthyology + -ist.
Across languages
Translations
30 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Armenian: ձկնաբան (jknaban) — expert in ichthyology
- Asturian: ictiólogu — expert in ichthyology
- Catalan: ictiòleg — expert in ichthyology
- Catalan: ictiòloga — expert in ichthyology
- Esperanto: iĥtiologo — expert in ichthyology
- Esperanto: iktiologo — expert in ichthyology
- Finnish: iktyologi — expert in ichthyology
- French: ichthyologue — expert in ichthyology
- French: ichtyologue — expert in ichthyology
- Galician: ictiólogo — expert in ichthyology
- German: Ichthyologe — expert in ichthyology
- German: Ichthyologin — expert in ichthyology
- German: Fischkundler — expert in ichthyology
- German: Fischkundlerin — expert in ichthyology
- Icelandic: fiskifræðingur — expert in ichthyology
- Italian: ittiologo — expert in ichthyology
- Italian: ittiologa — expert in ichthyology
- Macedonian: ихтиоло́г (ihtiológ) — expert in ichthyology
- Occitan: ictiològ — expert in ichthyology
- Polish: ichtiolog — expert in ichthyology
- Portuguese: ictiólogo — expert in ichthyology
- Romanian: ihtiolog — expert in ichthyology
- Romanian: ihtiologă — expert in ichthyology
- Russian: ихтио́лог (ixtiólog) — expert in ichthyology
- Spanish: ictiólogo — expert in ichthyology
- Swedish: iktyolog — expert in ichthyology
- Turkish: ihtiyolog — expert in ichthyology
- Volapük: fitavan — expert in ichthyology
- Volapük: hifitavan — expert in ichthyology
- Volapük: jifitavan — expert in ichthyology
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