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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

One who is versed in the science of fossils; a paleontologist.

Joseph Black.

Noun.

One who studies the nature and properties of fossils; one who is versed in the science of fossils.

fossilist ‎(plural fossilists)

One who is versed in the science of fossils.
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