[f. ALGOLOGY + -IST.] One who prosecutes the scientific study of algæ or seaweeds; a student of algology.
1830. R. K. Greville, Algæ Brit., Introd. p. iii. We shall enumerate the more systematic Algologists.
1881. Hervey, Sea Mosses, 444. One of the most celebrated algologists of Europe.