kaimātai pūtaiao
1. (noun) scientist.
I ngā tau pokapū o te tekau tau atu i 1990, i inea e tētahi kaimātai pūtaiao ētahi poroiwi kiore i kitea i ētahi ana i Te Ika-a-Māui me Te Wai Pounamu (Te Ara 2015). / In the mid-1990s a scientist dated rat bones excavated from some caves in the North and South islands.
Synonyms: mātanga pūtaiao, kaipūtaiao