lumper
1. a laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a port • Syn: stevedore, loader, longshoreman, docker, dockhand, dock worker, dockworker, dock-walloper • Derivationally related forms: dock (for: docker), load (for: loader) • Hypernyms: laborer, manual laborer, labourer, jack 2. a taxonomist who classifies organisms into large groups on the basis of major characteristics • Ant: splitter • Derivationally related forms: lump • Hypernyms: taxonomist, taxonomer, systematist
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