osteologistn.

1731 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Osteologist,..an anatomist that describes the shape, structure and use of bones.

1733 G. Douglas tr. J. B. Winslow Anat. Expos. Struct. Human Body I. i. 13 The most ancient Osteologists..call'd the first of these Articulation, and the other Symphysis.

1740 M. Lyser Art Dissecting Human Body 245 To clean the Head therefore it requires a good Osteologist, with a careful and experienced Hand.

1852 C. Lyell Man. Elem. Geol. (ed. 4) 159 A single bone taken from any part of the skeleton may enable a skilful osteologist to distinguish, in many cases, the genus, and sometimes the species, of the quadruped to which it belonged.

1859 Philos. Trans. 1858 (Royal Soc.) 148 775 I had no opportunity of getting the species determined by competent osteologists.

1874 C. Lyell Elem. Geol. (ed. 2) x. 140 A single bone taken from any part of the skeleton may enable a skilful osteologist to distinguish the genus, and sometimes the species to which it belonged.

1910 Jrnl. Anthropol. Inst. 40 485 The effects of damp, the osteologist's worst enemy, are very serious.

1960 Science 30 Sept. 890/2 Mivart became an expert osteologist and comparative anatomist.

1994 W. Maples & M. Browning Dead Men do tell Tales x. 138 When the body comes out of the retort in this calcined condition, a trained osteologist can stand a few feet away, glance at the remains as they emerge, and tell the crematory employees the race, sex and approximate age of the deceased.