[
US
/ˈɫəmpɝ/
]
[ UK /lˈʌmpɐ/ ]
[ UK /lˈʌmpɐ/ ]
NOUN
- a taxonomist who classifies organisms into large groups on the basis of major characteristics
- a laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a port
How To Use lumper In A Sentence
- He said that he tended to be a lumper and felt that the splitters had often created many more species than the evidence justified, which he said is a ‘huge problem’ in paleoanthropology.
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- lumper" -- that is, a contractor in a small way who took work in the The Life Story of an Old Rebel
- What looks like one phenomenon to a lumper may look like three to a splitter.
- A lucky lumper might be assigned a container filled with boxes of Kleenex or stuffed animals, while an unlucky lumper might pull a container filled with kiddie swimming pools or 200-pound trampolines. The New Blue Collar: Temporary Work, Lasting Poverty And The American Warehouse
- Charles Darwin divided taxonomists into lumpers and splitters.
- Of course, it must be remembered that along with such frivolous occupations I was trying to get work as wop, lumper, and roustabout. Chapter 25
- Charles Darwin divided taxonomists into lumpers and splitters.
- The splitters of linguistics have this problem: they're just not as interesting as the lumpers.
- The treatment is supposed to hydrate skin immediately, making the face appear smoother and plumper.