malacologistn.
/ˌmaləˈkɒlədʒɪst/, U.S. /ˌmæləˈkɑlədʒəst/ Zoology.
An expert in or student of malacology.
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malacologist1839
1839 Penny Cycl. XIV. 322/1 The first [sc. the system of Goldfuss] may be regarded as a compilation of the labours of those malacologists who had embraced the natural system.
1842 S. S. Haldemann Monograph Freshwater Univalve Mollusca U.S. 9 Malacologists are universally agreed, that with the genera Physa, Limnaea, and Planorbis, this [sc. Physadae] constitutes a natural family.
1852 Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 10 417 It would be an admirable subject for a young malacologist.
1895 Edinb. Rev. Oct. 358 A malacologist is concerned first with the molluscous animal.
1992 A. Kurzweil Case of Curiosities xlii. 274 I have learned, in corresponding with a Dutch malacologist, that the chambers of the nautilus do not connect to one another.
1996 A. Outwater Water 131 Malacologists (those who study mussels) say that the mussels are poised on the brink of a major extinction.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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