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mycologist

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

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • /maɪˈkɒlədʒɪst/
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  • rhymes with -ɒlədʒɪst

1

noun

Meaning 1

A person who studies, professes or practices mycology.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a botanist who specializes in the study of fungi

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: botanist, phytologist, plant scientist

History

Etymology

From myco- + -logist.

Across languages

Translations

28 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Belarusian: міко́лаг (mikólah) — a person who studies, professes or practices mycology
  • Bulgarian: миколог (mikolog) — a person who studies, professes or practices mycology
  • Catalan: micòleg — a person who studies, professes or practices mycology
  • Czech: mykolog — a person who studies, professes or practices mycology
  • Danish: mykolog — a person who studies, professes or practices mycology
  • Dutch: mycoloog — a person who studies, professes or practices mycology
  • Finnish: mykologi — a person who studies, professes or practices mycology
  • Finnish: sienitieteilijä — a person who studies, professes or practices mycology
  • French: mycologiste — a person who studies, professes or practices mycology
  • Galician: micólogo — a person who studies, professes or practices mycology
  • German: Mykologe — a person who studies, professes or practices mycology
  • German: Mykologin — a person who studies, professes or practices mycology
  • German: Pilzkundler — a person who studies, professes or practices mycology
  • German: Pilzkundlerin — a person who studies, professes or practices mycology
  • Hungarian: mikológus — a person who studies, professes or practices mycology
  • Italian: micologista — a person who studies, professes or practices mycology
  • Latin: mycologus — a person who studies, professes or practices mycology
  • Norwegian Bokmål: mykolog — a person who studies, professes or practices mycology
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: mykolog — a person who studies, professes or practices mycology
  • Romanian: micolog — a person who studies, professes or practices mycology
  • Romanian: micologă — a person who studies, professes or practices mycology
  • Russian: мико́лог (mikólog) — a person who studies, professes or practices mycology
  • Slovak: mykológ — a person who studies, professes or practices mycology
  • Slovak: mykologička — a person who studies, professes or practices mycology
  • Spanish: micólogo — a person who studies, professes or practices mycology
  • Swedish: mykolog — a person who studies, professes or practices mycology
  • Ukrainian: міко́лог (mikóloh) — a person who studies, professes or practices mycology
  • Ukrainian: грибозна́вець (hryboznávecʹ) — a person who studies, professes or practices mycology
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