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English
Etymology
From alga + -ist.
Noun
algist (plural algists)
- One who studies algae and seaweed.
1820 April, H. Christ. Lyngbye, “Account of a new Arrangement of the Algae”, in The Edinburgh philosophical journal, volume 2, number 4, page 287:We cannot conclude this short notice, without expressing a hope, that our celebrated algist Dawson Turner, now that his great work on Fuci is finished, will be induced to publish his views in regard to their arrangement.
1869, The Pall Mall Budget:Scientific algists are botanizing among the sea-weeds at a great expenditure of gloves.
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