biosystematistn.
/ˌbʌɪə(ʊ)ˈsɪstᵻmətɪst/, U.S. /ˌbaɪoʊˈsɪstəmədəst/ Biology.
An expert or specialist in biosystematics.
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systematic1662
systematist1700
systemist1714
methodist1753
taxonomist1835
lumper1857
taxonomer1881
splitter1887
taxinomist1899
cytotaxonomist1937
biosystematist1943
pheneticist1965
1943 W. H. Camp & C. L. Gilly in Brittonia 4 333 The biosystematist must have species which are not only recognizable as such but which are organized about a genetic system which is reasonably repetitive.
1951 G. H. M. Lawrence Taxon. Vascular Plants viii. 182 The species..as conceived by the biosystematist, is a group of interbreeding or potentially interbreeding individuals reproductively isolated from other groups of individuals.
1962 Nature 10 Mar. 936/1 Biosystematists are less concerned with the naming and description of taxa than with population genetics and evolution.
1995 Modesto (Calif.) Bee (Nexis) 14 Aug. 1 1.5 million dead insects are tempting fare for some of their own kin, according to senior insect biosystematist, Fred Andrews.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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