arachnologist

noun

arach·nol·o·gist ˌa-ˌrak-ˈnä-lə-jist

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: a person who specializes in the study of spiders and other arachnids

arachnological

ˌa-ˌrak-nə-ˈlä-ji-kəl

ˌer-ˌak-

adjective

arachnology

ˌa-ˌrak-ˈnä-lə-jē

ˌer-ˌak-

noun

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Their strategy is so sophisticated that some arachnologists assert the spiders show signs of planning and problem solving. —

Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 3 Jan. 2024 The arachnologist David Wise, for instance, surveyed folk tales from North America to Africa that cast spiders in a positive light, leading him to conclude that not all societies are arachnophobic. —

Smithsonian Magazine, 26 July 2023 One of them, Catherine Scott, an arachnologist, conducted this research while working on her doctorate at the University of Toronto, Scarborough. —

Lesley Evans Ogden, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2023 Her colleague Sean McCann, also an arachnologist who was then at Scarborough, first suspected the spiders’ clandestine habits. —

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