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Malacologist

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mal·a·col·o·gy  (ml-kl-j)
n.
The branch of zoology that deals with mollusks.
[French malacologie, contraction of malacozoologie, from New Latin Malacoza, a classification that includes mollusks : Greek malakos, soft; see mel-1 in Indo-European roots + New Latin -za, pl. of -zon -zoon.]
mala·co·logi·cal (-k-lj-kl) adj.
mala·colo·gist n.
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Noun1.malacologist - a zoologist specializing in the study of mollusks
animal scientist, zoologist - a specialist in the branch of biology dealing with animals
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