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co-discoverer noun[ C ] (alsocodiscoverer)uk /ˌkəʊ.dɪˈskʌv.ər.ər/ us /ˌkoʊ.dɪˈskʌv.ɚ.ɚ/ one of two or more people who discover something together: co-discoverer of He was the co-discoverer of the chemical element neptunium. They were later recognized as co-discoverers of the virus. He is a geologist for the US Geological Survey and co-discoverer of the bay crater. Sir Frederick Banting is best known as the codiscoverer of insulin. He is remembered as the codiscoverer of the infectious agent of bubonic plague. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Finding and discovering ascertain break (fresh/new) groundidiom breakthrough bring something to lightidiom catch someone red-handedidiom fossick found geocache geocaching get hold ofidiom homing pinpoint plumb red-handed rediscover rediscovery refind refound sniff suss
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