Herpetology

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The branch of zoology that deals with reptiles and amphibians.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The branch of biology dealing with reptiles (Reptilia) or amphibians.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The natural history of reptiles; that branch of zoölogy which relates to reptiles, including their structure, classification, and habits.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The science of reptiles, in a broad sense —that is, of reptiles proper and batrachians; the natural history of reptiles.
  • n. Reptiles collectively: as, the herpetology of Borneo.
  • n. Also, erroneously, erpetology.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the branch of zoology concerned with reptiles and amphibians
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    zoological science    zoölogy    zoology   
    Hyponym
    ophiology   
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