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Definition of psychobiologist in English:

psychobiologist

Pronunciation /-jist/

noun

See psychobiology

‘Achenbach gives a nod to the work of psychobiologist Lori Marino, noting that dolphin brains have ‘undergone a dramatic increase’ in the last 35 million years, which may ‘have a parallel’ in the increase in brain size in hominids.’
  • ‘According to Gerstein, a psychobiologist, manatees are not dumb - they are intelligent enough to remember hazards and avoid them - but they are deaf to low-frequency sound like the noise of a boat's engine.’