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dysteleologist

noun

Etymology

From dysteleology + -ist.

  1. derived from *leǵ-✻ — “to collect, gather”
  2. derived from -logia
  3. derived from *kʷelh₁-✻
  4. derived from τέλεος
  5. derived from teleologia
  6. borrowed from Teleologie
  7. borrowed from téléologie
  8. prefixed as dysteleology — “dys + teleology”
  9. suffixed as dysteleologist — “dysteleology + ist”

Definitions

  1. One who subscribes to the philosophy of dysteleology.

  2. An organism that frustrates a natural function, such as an insect that obtains honey by…

    An organism that frustrates a natural function, such as an insect that obtains honey by puncturing a nectary instead of by the floral opening.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA