A scientist who specializes in the study of mosses, liverworts, and other bryophytes.
Bryologist combines 'bryo-' from Greek 'bryon' (moss) with '-logist' meaning 'one who studies.' The suffix '-logist' appears in hundreds of English scientific terms like biologist and geologist. Bryologists became formally recognized as a scientific specialty in the 19th century as botany diversified.
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