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LEPIDOPTERIST

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

An entomologist who specializes in the collection and study of butterflies and mothsplay

Synonyms:

butterfly collector; lepidopterist; lepidopterologist

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("lepidopterist" is a kind of...):

bug-hunter; bugologist; entomologist (a zoologist who studies insects)

Derivation:

lepidoptery (the branch of entomology dealing with Lepidoptera)

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