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He researches into plants and into bats perhaps (8)

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I believe the answer is:

botanist

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'he researches into plants' is the definition.
The answer is a person as well as being a singular noun. This is suggested by the definition.

'into bats perhaps' is the wordplay.
'perhaps' indicates anagramming the letters.
'into'+'bats'='intobats'
'intobats' anagrammed gives 'BOTANIST'.

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(Other definitions for botanist that I've seen before include "Expert in the scientific study of plants" , "Someone studying plants" , "Student of plants" , "Expert on plant life" , "investigating bloomers, for example?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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