algist
English
Noun
algist (plural algists)
- One who studies algae and seaweed.
- 1820 April, H. Christ. Lyngbye, “Account of a new Arrangement of the Algae”, in The Edinburgh philosophical journal, volume 2, number 4, page 287:
- We cannot conclude this short notice, without expressing a hope, that our celebrated algist Dawson Turner, now that his great work on Fuci is finished, will be induced to publish his views in regard to their arrangement.
- 1869, The Pall Mall Budget:
- Scientific algists are botanizing among the sea-weeds at a great expenditure of gloves.
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