palaeontologist

«palaeontologist» in Mova's school dictionary: A scientist who studies fossils to learn about plants and… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a palaeontologist, palaeontologists); US spelling paleontologist

meaning for a pupil

A scientist who studies fossils to learn about plants and animals that lived long ago, like dinosaurs. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science lessons palaeontologists dig up fossils, clean them and work out how old they are and how the creatures lived. Many children dream of becoming one. Phrases: a dinosaur palaeontologist.

examples

• A palaeontologist found a dinosaur bone near the cliff. tree →
• I want to be a palaeontologist when I grow up. tree →
• Palaeontologists use brushes to clean fossils gently. tree →
• The palaeontologist said the tooth belonged to a T. rex. tree →
• Mary Anning was a famous fossil hunter and early palaeontologist. tree →
• Palaeontologists study ancient plants too. tree →

note

UK, Ireland, Australia and NZ spell it palaeontologist; the USA and Canada usually paleontologist. The study is palaeontology. Myth: palaeontologists do not study ancient humans' pottery — that is archaeology.

In the corpora

• Scientists who study fossils are called palaeontologists.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «palaeontologist» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.