Some of the highest paid biologists work in the District of Columbia for the federal government and earn a mean salary of $104,350 as of 2009. Maryland and Virginia biologists receive a mean salary of about $90,000 a year. Biologists in Salinas, California, earned a mean salary of $111,441.oologists and wildlife biologists who would deal with marine mammals earned a median salary of $55,290. According to the website Sea Grant Marine Careers, a fisheries ecologist would earn a median salary of $32,500 in 2009.
Definition of abdicate. abdicated. ; abdicating. intransitive verb. : to renounce a throne, high office, dignity, or function The king was forced to abdicate. transitive verb. 1 : to relinquish (something, such as sovereign power) formally abdicate a throne. 2 : to cast off : discard abdicate a responsibility.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English Â© 2017. abâ¢diâ¢cate (abâ²di kÄtâ²),USA pronunciation v., -catâ¢ed, -catâ¢ing. v.i. to renounce or relinquish a throne, right, power, claim, responsibility, or the like, esp. in a formal manner:The aging founder of the firm decided to abdicate.