morphologist
/mɔrˈfɑlədʒɪst/
noun
- A scientist who studies the form and structure of organisms (plants, animals, etc.).
- The morphologist examined the bone structure of the ancient bird.
- The university hired a morphologist to help classify the newly discovered fish species.
- As a morphologist, she spent years cataloging leaf shapes in tropical forests.
- A linguist who studies the structure of words and their meaningful parts (morphemes).
- The morphologist explained that the word 'unbelievable' has three morphemes.
- Our guest speaker is a morphologist who specializes in word formation in sign languages.
- The morphologist analyzed how prefixes change the meaning of verbs in Swahili.