Naturalist
['nætʃ(ə)rəlɪst] or ['nætʃrəlɪst]
Definition
(noun.) a biologist knowledgeable about natural history (especially botany and zoology).
(noun.) an advocate of the doctrine that the world can be understood in scientific terms.
Editor: Spence--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) One versed in natural science; a student of natural history, esp. of the natural history of animals.
(n.) One who holds or maintains the doctrine of naturalism in religion.
Typist: Margery
Examples
- Now, things are wholly changed, and almost every naturalist admits the great principle of evolution. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- The naturalist may classify the dog and the fox, the house-cat and the tiger together for certain purposes. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- And I understand he is a naturaliSt. Mr. Farebrother, my dear sir, is a man deeply painful to contemplate. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- The naturalist thus loses his best guide in determining whether to rank doubtful forms as varieties or species. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- This philosophical naturalist, I may add, has also shown that the muscles in the larvae of certain insects are far from uniform. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- The naturalist must be dull who is not led to inquire what this bond is. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- The king sent Linn?us, the great naturalist, from Stockholm, to inquire into the affair, and see if the mischief was capable of any remedy. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- No one definition has satisfied all naturalists; yet every naturalist knows vaguely what he means when he speaks of a species. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- In the war of extermination that was ever before the great naturalist's eye in South America, what is it that favors a species' survival or determine s its extinction? Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Mr. Bates, in his interesting Naturalist on the Amazons, has described analogous cases. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- He was intent on classifi cation, and might be compared in that respect with the naturalist Buffon, or the botanist Linn?u s. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Yet the most skilful naturalist, from an examination of the species of the two countries, could not have foreseen this result. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- He was a naturalist, an anatomist, an engineer, as well as a very great artist. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Looking back in 1876 on this memorable expedition, the naturalist wrote, The voyage of the Beagle has been by far the most important event in my l ife, and has determined my whole career. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Yet so strong is the appearance of this having occurred that naturalists can hardly avoid employing language having this plain signification. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- The attractive power of amber is mentioned by Theophrastus and Pliny, and from them by later naturalists. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Naturalists continually refer to external conditions, such as climate, food, etc. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- I formerly spoke to very many naturalists on the subject of evolution, and never once met with any sympathetic agreement. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Until recently the great majority of naturalists believed that species were immutable productions, and had been separately created. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- It has been named by naturalists _Pithecanthropus erectus_ (the walking ape-man). H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- No one definition has satisfied all naturalists; yet every naturalist knows vaguely what he means when he speaks of a species. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- I may venture to express my conviction of the high value of such studies, although they have been very commonly neglected by naturalists. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Why, it may be asked, until recently did nearly all the most eminent living naturalists and geologists disbelieve in the mutability of species? Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- I think it will be admitted by naturalists, without my entering on details, that secondary sexual characters are highly variable. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Here naturalists are divided. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- This principle has been broadly confessed by some naturalists to be the true one; and by none more clearly than by that excellent botanist, Aug. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- With respect to many of these forms, hardly two naturalists agree whether to rank them as species or as varieties. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Naturalists, as we have seen, try to arrange the species, genera and families in each class, on what is called the Natural System. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- At the present day almost all naturalists admit evolution under some form. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
Typist: Psyche