chiropterologistとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Chiroptera +‎ -ologist.

発音

• (General American) IPA: /kaɪˌɹɑptəˈɹɑləd͡ʒɪst/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /kaɪˌɹɒptəˈɹɒlədʒɪst/

名詞

chiropterologist (plural chiropterologists)

1. Someone who studies bats (the flying mammals).
   • 2001, Kathleen Meyer, Barefoot Hearted: A Wild Life Among Wildlife, Villard, →ISBN, page 88:

     Several years later, after reading three of his books on bats, I placed a call to the venerable chiropterologist Dr. M. Brock Fenton, known as the "batman" of York University in Toronto.

引用

• For more quotations using this term, see Citations:chiropterologist.

同意語

• batologist (colloquial or humorous)
• chiropterist

関連する語

• chiropterology
• Chiroptera