Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

scorpiologist

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: scor-pi-ol-o-gist
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A scientist who studies scorpions.

Example Sentences

"Joe Bigelow chose to name one of his scorpions (far right) for Stanley Williams, a scorpiologist he admires."
"Our state has produced two well-known scorpiologists, Drs. Stanley C. Williams and Oscar F. Francke, under the direction of Dr. Mont A. Cazier at Arizona State University."
"Most scorpiologists believe that adult scorpions don't even molt, so there is no chance of regrowing a missing part."

Etymology

From scorpiology + -ist.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: scorpiology

Inflected Forms

scorpiologists (plural)

Questions

What does scorpiologist mean?: A scientist who studies scorpions.
Where does scorpiologist come from?: From scorpiology + -ist.

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