MYCOLOGIST

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A botanist who specializes in the study of fungi

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Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("mycologist" is a kind of...):

botanist; phytologist; plant scientist (a biologist specializing in the study of plants)

Derivation:

mycology (the branch of botany that studies fungi and fungus-caused diseases)

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