cetologist
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ce·tol·o·gy
(sĭ-tŏl′ə-jē)n. The zoology of whales and related aquatic mammals.
[Latin
cētus,
whale; see
Cetus +
-logy.]
ce′to·log′i·cal (sēt′l-ŏj′ĭ-kəl) adj.
ce·tol′o·gist n.
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The unlikely notion that whale music can illuminate these themes stands confirmed in the work of
cetologist of John Ford.
The whales are named after a famous Japanese
cetologist, Hideo Omura.
The photographs are copious and fascinating, including electron microscope views of hideous mite larvae and a shot of the inebriated
cetologist poking at a whale carcass.
(327) A
cetologist is a scientist who studies whales and dolphins.
omurai, honors the late Japanese
cetologist Hideo Omura.
She has chosen her profession, a
cetologist among other reasons because "it allowed her to be on her own, to have no fixed address, to be far from the familiar while still being a part of a loyal but loose knit community" (106).
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