chiropterologist

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /kaɪˌɹɒptəˈɹɒlədʒɪst/    美 /kaɪˌɹɑptəˈɹɑləd͡ʒɪst/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Someone who studies bats (the flying mammals).
    — 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.

词形变化

chiropterologists plural

词源

From translingual Chiroptera + -logist, from Ancient Greek χείρ (kheír, “hand”) + πτερόν (pterón, “wing”) + -logist, by surface analysis, chiro- + ptero- + -logist.
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