LUMPER


Meaning of LUMPER in English

/lum"peuhr/ , n.

1. a day laborer employed to handle cargo, as fish or timber.

2. Biol. Informal. a taxonomist who believes that classifications should emphasize similarities among organisms and therefore favors large, inclusive taxa (opposed to splitter ).

[ 1775-85; LUMP 1 (in v. sense) + -ER 1 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .