morphologist

/mɔrˈfɑlədʒɪst/
noun
  1. 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.
  2. 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.
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