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palaeontologist

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n.1.A specialist in paleontology.
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Noun1.palaeontologist - a specialist in paleontologypalaeontologist - a specialist in paleontology        
fossilist, paleontologist
scientist - a person with advanced knowledge of one or more sciences
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palaeontologist [ˈpælɪɒnˈtɒlədʒɪst] N → paleontólogo/a m/f
palaeontologist paleontologist [ˌp[+ɒe]liɒnˈtɒlədʒɪst] n → paléontologue mf
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The remark of that admirable palaeontologist, the late Edward Forbes, should not be forgotten, namely, that numbers of our fossil species are known and named from single and often broken specimens, or from a few specimens collected on some one spot.
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