arachnologist
noun
arach·nol·o·gist
ˌa-ˌrak-ˈnä-lə-jist 
ˌer-ˌak-
: a person who specializes in the study of spiders and other arachnids
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Their strategy is so sophisticated that some arachnologists assert the spiders show signs of planning and problem solving.
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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.
—Lesley Evans Ogden, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2023
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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.
—Lesley Evans Ogden, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2023
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“Arachnologist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/arachnologist. Accessed 18 Nov. 2024.
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