noun
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a scientist who studies living organisms and the processes of life
The biologist recorded how the island's lizards adapted to drought.
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· a scientist who studies...
life scientist
Word family
Forms
biologists
Etymology
Formed from biology and the agent suffix -ist. Biology combines Greek bios, meaning life, with -logia, meaning study or discourse, so a biologist is literally a person engaged in the study of life.