Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One who is versed in malacology; a student of mollusks.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun One versed in the science of malacology.

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  • noun A person who studies molluscs, who specializes in malacology.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a zoologist specializing in the study of mollusks

Etymologies

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From malacology +‎ -ist

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Examples

  • Of course, not every malacologist is expected to go to the AMS meetings.

    Where are all the malacologists? AYDIN 2009

  • Of course, not every malacologist is expected to go to the AMS meetings.

    Archive 2009-08-01 AYDIN 2009

  • Earlier today, while looking up some papers in The Nautilus from 1971, I chanced upon a short article by the late malacologist Dee Dundee titled United States research trends in malacology (85: 67-69; pdf of vol 85).

    Where are all the malacologists? AYDIN 2009

  • Our joint effort, titled Charles Darwin the malacologist, recently got published in the July issue of Mollusc World.

    Archive 2009-07-01 AYDIN 2009

  • Earlier today, while looking up some papers in The Nautilus from 1971, I chanced upon a short article by the late malacologist Dee Dundee titled United States research trends in malacology (85: 67-69; pdf of vol 85).

    Archive 2009-08-01 AYDIN 2009

  • Paul Callomon (Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia): How he and a team of volunteers transported the large collection of the late Japanese malacologist Hideo Katori from Japan to the Academy of Natural Sciences.

    Archive 2009-03-01 AYDIN 2009

  • Call yourself a malacologist and you can't name a slug horror film.

    Where are all the malacologists? AYDIN 2009

  • Among the 35 attendees there was one malacologist from Russia and another one from India, making this the first "international" MAM meeting.

    Archive 2009-03-01 AYDIN 2009

  • Yesterday I asked about this to the malacologist Carl Christensen of Hawaii.

    Kahuli AYDIN 2009

  • Among the 35 attendees there was one malacologist from Russia and another one from India, making this the first "international" MAM meeting.

    Bootleg transactions of the 11th MAM meeting AYDIN 2009

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  • ... a student of mollusks.

    May 21, 2010

  • *was not aware that mollusque is a teacher*

    May 21, 2010