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paleontologist

/pey-lee-uhn-tol-uh-jist or, especially British, pal-ee-/US // ˌpeɪ li ənˈtɒl ə dʒɪst or, especially British, ˌpæl i- //

古生物学家,古生物学者,苍老师

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a scientist who specializes in the study of life forms that existed in previous geologic periods, as represented by their fossils:The education program manager for the museum has worked as a paleontologist, digging up dinosaur bones in Wyoming.

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  • That interpretation “looks spot-on to me,” says James Gardner, a paleontologist at the Royal Tyrrell Museum in Drumheller, Canada, who was not involved in the study.

  • Potentially inaccurate classification of fossils in the record may also make determining biodiversity trends like those described in the new study tricky, says Dimila Mothé, a paleontologist at the Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro.

  • These air breathers had to break through the surface for oxygen, so paleontologists expect megalodon, like them, hung out near the shore.

  • A team of paleontologists studied embryos from two types of dinosaurs.

  • Zhifei Zhang is a paleontologist at Northwest University in Xi’an, China.

  • Ross is an esteemed paleontologist and university professor.

  • The new Research Institute set features an all-female cast: a paleontologist, astronomer, and chemist.

  • As a paleontologist, he obviously understands the public fascination with dinosaurs and their remains.

  • His partner in this adventure is Dr. Violet Hurst, a sexy, tart-tongued, paleontologist.

  • The father, Jonathan, a paleontologist at the University of Chicago, experiences seizures at the sight of a cloud.

  • He held long consultations with Edouard Lartet, the eminent paleontologist and his learned friends concerning it.

  • He then proceeds to theorize, hand in hand with the paleontologist, or student of ancient life.

  • There he found a spiritual paleontologist at work reconstructing extinct souls from the merest fossil fragments.

  • The paleontologist now reached up to a geometrical plane and brought down another small fossil.

  • The paleontologist removed the confounded monocle from his eye, and wiped the lens with a bit of chamois skin.