Noun fossilist has 1 sense
  1. paleontologist, palaeontologist, fossilist - a specialist in paleontology
    --1 is a kind of scientist, man of science
    --1 has particulars:
     Gould, Stephen Jay Gould; Leakey, Louis Leakey, Louis Seymour Bazett Leakey; Leakey, Mary Leakey, Mary Douglas Leakey; Leakey, Richard Leakey, Richard Erskine Leakey; Owen, Sir Richard Owen; Teilhard de Chardin, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
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