nat|u|ral|ist

nat|u|ral|ist
nat|u|ral|ist «NACH uhr uh lihst, NACH ruh-», noun.
1. a person who makes a study of animals and plants, especially in their native habitats. Zoologists and ethnologists are naturalists.
2. a writer or artist who practices or advocates naturalism.
3. Obsolete. a physicist.

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