noun
- a person who studies or collects bird eggs
Usage: scientific
Examples
- The oologist carefully documented each egg’s size and coloration.
- As an oologist, she spent years studying the nesting habits of various bird species.
- The museum’s oologist maintained one of the largest egg collections in the country.
- Early oologists contributed valuable data about bird reproduction patterns.
- The oologist used special tools to measure the thickness of eggshells.
- Modern oologists focus more on observation than collection due to conservation concerns.