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Meanings of palaeontologist in English

Portuguese
paleontólogo
Catalan
paleontòleg
Spanish
paleontólogo

A specialist in paleontology.

paleontólogo
Usage of palaeontologist in English
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It's accurate to think of them like books, palaeontologist Thomas Carr said.
Radio NZ
2
There will not be soon one good palaeontologist who believes in immutability.
Life and Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2
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If he turns his attention to fossil animals, he is a palaeontologist.
Lectures and Essays
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Perhaps some future palaeontologist might think the island had once teemed with deer.
Between the Woods and the Water
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I suggest you annoy your friendly neighbourhood palaeontologist by asking them about it.
The Guardian
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You put a pair of glasses on Denise Richards and she's a palaeontologist.'
The Guardian
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Then came your rise to modest prominence as a palaeontologist of the Long Earth.
The Long War
8
There are dinosaur bones in Europe so he could have worked as a palaeontologist there.
News.com.au
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That means no modern palaeontologist can confidently assign a fossil to Brookes' genus or species.
BBC
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Her death in Nairobi was announced by her son Richard Leakey, himself a renowned palaeontologist.
The Irish Times
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It was a very good time to be a palaeontologist, and we trained up many youngsters.
The Long Earth
12
Ross (the palaeontologist) is unhappy because his wife has left him and moved out.
News.com.au
13
Occasionally, in popular science reference books, it's a male palaeontologist that is the climax of evolution.
The Guardian
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Only the palaeontologist traces in the records of the rocks the footsteps of this god of change.
Time and Change
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Dr Thomas Holtz is a vertebrate palaeontologist specializing in the origin, evolution, and adaptations of carnivorous dinosaurs.
Radio NZ
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There's a palaeontologist, an astronomer and a chemist, with a very cool dinosaur skeleton and other props.
The Guardian
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Palaeontologist through the time