chiropterologist

English

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Etymology

From translingual Chiroptera +‎ -logist, from Ancient Greek χείρ (kheír, “hand”) + πτερόν (pterón, “wing”) + -logist, by surface analysis, chiro- +‎ ptero- +‎ -logist.

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

chiropterologist (plural chiropterologists)

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

   • 2021 March 12, Jack Ewing, “WHAT ON EARTH IS A CHIROPTEROLOGIST?”, in Quepolandia‎^[1], archived from the original on 8 September 2024:

     The older man introduced himself as Otto. The other two were Fabio and Gunther. They were chiropterologists he explained from Erlangen University in Germany.

   • 2023 April 5, Sarah Brager, “Austin may hire full-time bat scientist to protect, manage local colony”, in The Daily Texan‎^[2]:

     According to the recommendation, the chiropterologist would work in the Wildlands Conservation Division of the Austin Water Utility and would protect the population of about 1.5 million bats from disease, impacts of climate change and harm from construction and development.

   • For more quotations using 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)