animal scientist

/ˌænəməl ˌsaɪəntəst/

Definitions of animal scientist

1. noun

   a specialist in the branch of biology dealing with animals
   synonyms: zoologist

   examples:

   Karl von Frisch

   Austrian zoologist noted for his studies of honeybees (1886-1982)

   Jane Goodall

   English zoologist noted for her studies of chimpanzees in the wild (born in 1934)

   Alfred Charles Kinsey

   United States zoologist best known for his interview studies of sexual behavior (1894-1956)

   Konrad Zacharias Lorenz

   Austrian zoologist who studied the behavior of birds and emphasized the importance of innate as opposed to learned behaviors (1903-1989)

   Nikolaas Tinbergen

   Dutch zoologist who showed that much animal behavior is innate and stereotyped (1907-1988)

   types:

   bug-hunter, bugologist, entomologist

   a zoologist who studies insects

   ethologist

   a zoologist who studies the behavior of animals in their natural habitats

   herpetologist

   a zoologist who studies reptiles and amphibians

   ichthyologist

   a zoologist who studies fishes

   malacologist

   a zoologist specializing in the study of mollusks

   mammalogist

   one skilled in the study of mammals

   ornithologist

   a zoologist who studies birds

   protozoologist

   a zoologist who studies protozoans

   butterfly collector, lepidopterist, lepidopterologist

   an entomologist who specializes in the collection and study of butterflies and moths

   type of:

   biologist, life scientist

   (biology) a scientist who studies living organisms