• Zoarchaeologist

    Pronunciation

    • RP enPR: zō'ärkēŏʹlÉ™jÄ­st, IPA: en, /ËŒzəʊɑːkiːˈɒlÉ™dʒɪst/

    Origin

    - + zo + archaeologist, omitting the superfluous -o- (unnecessary because archaeologist begins with a vowel)

    Full definition of zoarchaeologist

    Noun

    zoarchaeologist

    (plural zoarchaeologists)
    1. (rare) Alternative spelling of en
      • 1999: O. W. Hampton, Culture of Stone: Sacred and Profane Uses of Stone Among the Dani, page xxivFull membership finally grew to include Vaughn M. Bryant, Jr., Thomas R. Hester, Marvin Rowe (professor of chemistry, Texas A&M University), Harry J. Shafer, D. Gentry Steele (professor of anthropology, physical anthropologist, and zoarchaeologist Texas A&M University), and Peter W. Van Arsdale.
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