codiscoverer

[ koh-di-skuhv-er-er ]

noun

1. one of two or more joint discoverers.

Word History and Origins

Origin of codiscoverer¹

First recorded in 1870–75; co- + discoverer

Example Sentences

Fred Murphy—the codiscoverer of Ebola virus, the C.D.C. official whom General Russell had called—sat at the table beside another official from the C.D.C.,

From Literature

Joe McCormick was the chief of the Special Pathogens Branch of the C.D.C., the branch that had been run by Karl Johnson, another codiscoverer of Ebola virus.

From Literature

The meeting began with Peter Jahrling, the codiscoverer of the strain that burned in the monkeys.

From Literature

Those who have heard of Wallace know him primarily as the codiscoverer, with Darwin, of natural selection.

From Salon

One of these pancake batfishes lives in the northern Gulf where oil is already spreading from the Deepwater Horizon blowout, says ichthyologist Prosanta Chakrabarty of Louisiana State University’s Museum of Natural Sciences in Baton Rouge, a codiscoverer of the species.

From US News