chiropterologist

chiropterologist

English

WOTD – 30 July 2012

Etymology

Chiroptera +‎ -ologist.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /kaɪˌɹɑptəˈɹɑlədʒɪst/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kaɪˌɹɒptəˈɹɒlədʒɪst/

Noun

chiropterologist (plural chiropterologists)

1. Someone who studies bats (the flying mammals).
   • 2001, Kathleen Meyer, Barefoot Hearted: A Wild Life Among Wildlife, Villard (2001), →ISBN, page 88:

     Several years later, after reading three of his books on bats, I placed a call to the venerable chiropterologist Dr. M. Brock Fenton, known as the "batman" of York University in Toronto.

Quotations

• For more examples of usage of this term, see Citations:chiropterologist.

Synonyms

• batologist (colloquial or humorous)
• chiropterist

Related terms

• chiropterology
• Chiroptera

Translations

one who studies bats

Czech: chiropterolog m, chiropteroložka f Finnish: lepakkotutkija

French: chiroptérologue (fr) m or f Turkish: yarasa bilimci (tr)