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A taxonomist who classifies organisms into large groups on the basis of major characteristics
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lumper
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Lumpen \Lump"en\, n. (Politics) same as lumpenproletariat . (Zo["o]l.) The European eelpout; -- called also lumper .
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Lumper may refer to: Lumpers and splitters , slang for one who takes a gestalt view of a definition in various fields such as history, linguistics, software engineering, taxonomy, or liturgical studies A stevedore who unloads fish at British fishing ports, ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
Etymology 1 n. The viviparous eelpout. Etymology 2 n. 1 Extra labor hired by a trucking company to assist a driver and/or customer unloading or loading a truck. 2 (context biology linguistics English) A scientist in one of various fields who prefers to ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a port [syn: stevedore , loader , longshoreman , docker , dockhand , dock worker , dock-walloper ] a taxonomist who classifies organisms into large groups on the basis of major characteristics [ant: splitter ...
Usage examples of lumper.
So our favorite explorer of the magical realms of sports, Rick Wilber, has put aside his split-finger fastball for the fadeaway lumper and given us this moving and personal story of how some forms of truth can be found at the top of the key.
As deck-hand and rouseabout, as stoker, as cook and steward, as lumper of wood-bales on river-banks, cutter-up of firewood and stower of cargo, John was active and untiring.
The stevedore lost, for one fatal moment, his grip and his nerve, and as the barrel madly revolved, the great bundle of half-rusted iron was caught up--swung defiantly out of the grasp of the lumper who sought to guide its course, and paused for so long as a child might breathe, then flung itself over the barge that lay beneath the cranes.
Bob had been probably lumper or messenger, or one of a legion of imps and devils, in one place, and super, or possibly call boy, in another.
Also, I would like the names and addresses of the so-called lumpers employed.
Three lumpers were there, moving big pallets loaded with shrink-wrapped boxes into a trailer backed into the dock.
As our little platoon went past the loading docks, some of the lumpers fell in behind us, obviously sensing that something was up.
As they dropped down into the mid-stream the hands from the other boats in port joined the loafers and lumpers on the wharves and cheered.
Where the farmer works with the lumpers and the drover drives a dray, And the shearer on Garden Island is shifting a hill to-day.
Nicolas, with the low shanties serving as offices for the inspectors of navigation, and the large paved river-bank sloping down, littered with piles of sand, barrels, and sacks, and edged with a row of lighters, still full, in which busy lumpers swarmed beneath the gigantic arm of an iron crane.
Katkin, my advisor in graduate school, used to say that there are two types of researchers: lumpers and splitters.
Under the critical eye, and even more critical comments, of Chun Taekeng, he had the Big Hook drag the lumper into position and turn it over.
Under the critical eye, and even more critical comments, of Chun Taekerig, he had the Big Hook drag the lumper into position and turn it over.
Wherever the gold plating of the harvester had been torn or scratched away the lumper found toothsome steel.