plate

→ Maori: pereti

→ Hindi: प्लेट (pleṭ)

From Middle English plate, from Old French plate, from Medieval Latin plata, from Vulgar Latin *plat(t)us, from Ancient Greek πλατύς (platús, “broad, flat, wide”). Compare Spanish plato.

der

(herpetology) Any of various larger scales found in some reptiles.


sublingual

Borrowed from New Latin sublinguālis, from sub- (“under, below, beneath”) + linguālis (“relating to the tongue”); equivalent to sub- + lingual.

af

(herpetology) A particular scale near the front of the lower jaw in snakes, usually in a pair.


spitter

(herpetology, slang) Synonym of spitting cobra.


herpetológia

herpetológia (nominative singular)
herpetológiák (nominative plural)
herpetológiát (accusative singular)
herpetológiákat (accusative plural)
herpetológiának (dative singular)
herpetológiáknak (dative plural)
herpetológiával (instrumental singular)
herpetológiákkal (instrumental plural)
herpetológiáért (causal-final singular)
herpetológiákért (causal-final plural)
herpetológiává (singular translative)
herpetológiákká (plural translative)
herpetológiáig (singular terminative)
herpetológiákig (plural terminative)
herpetológiaként (essive-formal singular)
herpetológiákként (essive-formal plural)
herpetológiában (inessive singular)
herpetológiákban (inessive plural)
herpetológián (singular superessive)
herpetológiákon (plural superessive)
herpetológiánál (adessive singular)
herpetológiáknál (adessive plural)
herpetológiába (illative singular)
herpetológiákba (illative plural)
herpetológiára (singular sublative)
herpetológiákra (plural sublative)
herpetológiához (allative singular)
herpetológiákhoz (allative plural)
herpetológiából (elative singular)
herpetológiákból (elative plural)
herpetológiáról (delative singular)
herpetológiákról (delative plural)
herpetológiától (ablative singular)
herpetológiáktól (ablative plural)
herpetológiáé (possessed-single possessive predicative singular)
herpetológiáké (plural possessed-single possessive predicative)
herpetológiáéi (possessed-single possessive predicative singular)
herpetológiákéi (plural possessed-single possessive predicative)
herpetológiám (first-person possessed-single possessive singular)
herpetológiáim (first-person possessed-many possessive singular)
herpetológiád (possessed-single possessive second-person singular)
herpetológiáid (possessed-many possessive second-person singular)
herpetológiája (possessed-single possessive singular third-person)
herpetológiái (possessed-many possessive singular third-person)
herpetológiánk (first-person plural possessed-single possessive)
herpetológiáink (first-person plural possessed-many possessive)
herpetológiátok (plural possessed-single possessive second-person)
herpetológiáitok (plural possessed-many possessive second-person)
herpetológiájuk (plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
herpetológiáik (plural possessed-many possessive third-person)

From scientific French herpetologia, from Ancient Greek ἑρπετόν (herpetón, “reptile”). With -lógia (“suffix indicating a field of study or work”).

af

herpetology (the branch of biology dealing with reptiles and amphibians)


herpetologia

herpetologia (nominative singular)
herpetologiat (nominative plural)
herpetologia (accusative nominative singular)
herpetologiat (accusative nominative plural)
herpetologian (accusative genitive singular)
herpetologiat (accusative genitive plural)
herpetologian (genitive singular)
herpetologioiden (genitive plural)
herpetologioitten (genitive plural)
herpetologiain (genitive plural rare)
herpetologiaa (partitive singular)
herpetologioita (partitive plural)
herpetologiassa (inessive singular)
herpetologioissa (inessive plural)
herpetologiasta (elative singular)
herpetologioista (elative plural)
herpetologiaan (illative singular)
herpetologioihin (illative plural)
herpetologialla (adessive singular)
herpetologioilla (adessive plural)
herpetologialta (ablative singular)
herpetologioilta (ablative plural)
herpetologialle (allative singular)
herpetologioille (allative plural)
herpetologiana (essive singular)
herpetologioina (essive plural)
herpetologiaksi (singular translative)
herpetologioiksi (plural translative)
herpetologiatta (abessive singular)
herpetologioitta (abessive plural)
herpetologioin (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
herpetologiani (nominative singular)
herpetologiani (nominative plural)
herpetologiani (accusative nominative singular)
herpetologiani (accusative nominative plural)
herpetologiani (accusative genitive singular)
herpetologiani (accusative genitive plural)
herpetologiani (genitive singular)
herpetologioideni (genitive plural)
herpetologioitteni (genitive plural)
herpetologiaini (genitive plural rare)
herpetologiaani (partitive singular)
herpetologioitani (partitive plural)
herpetologiassani (inessive singular)
herpetologioissani (inessive plural)
herpetologiastani (elative singular)
herpetologioistani (elative plural)
herpetologiaani (illative singular)
herpetologioihini (illative plural)
herpetologiallani (adessive singular)
herpetologioillani (adessive plural)
herpetologialtani (ablative singular)
herpetologioiltani (ablative plural)
herpetologialleni (allative singular)
herpetologioilleni (allative plural)
herpetologianani (essive singular)
herpetologioinani (essive plural)
herpetologiakseni (singular translative)
herpetologioikseni (plural translative)
herpetologiattani (abessive singular)
herpetologioittani (abessive plural)
herpetologioineni (comitative plural)
herpetologiasi (nominative singular)
herpetologiasi (nominative plural)
herpetologiasi (accusative nominative singular)
herpetologiasi (accusative nominative plural)
herpetologiasi (accusative genitive singular)
herpetologiasi (accusative genitive plural)
herpetologiasi (genitive singular)
herpetologioidesi (genitive plural)
herpetologioittesi (genitive plural)
herpetologiaisi (genitive plural rare)
herpetologiaasi (partitive singular)
herpetologioitasi (partitive plural)
herpetologiassasi (inessive singular)
herpetologioissasi (inessive plural)
herpetologiastasi (elative singular)
herpetologioistasi (elative plural)
herpetologiaasi (illative singular)
herpetologioihisi (illative plural)
herpetologiallasi (adessive singular)
herpetologioillasi (adessive plural)
herpetologialtasi (ablative singular)
herpetologioiltasi (ablative plural)
herpetologiallesi (allative singular)
herpetologioillesi (allative plural)
herpetologianasi (essive singular)
herpetologioinasi (essive plural)
herpetologiaksesi (singular translative)
herpetologioiksesi (plural translative)
herpetologiattasi (abessive singular)
herpetologioittasi (abessive plural)
herpetologioinesi (comitative plural)
herpetologiamme (nominative singular)
herpetologiamme (nominative plural)
herpetologiamme (accusative nominative singular)
herpetologiamme (accusative nominative plural)
herpetologiamme (accusative genitive singular)
herpetologiamme (accusative genitive plural)
herpetologiamme (genitive singular)
herpetologioidemme (genitive plural)
herpetologioittemme (genitive plural)
herpetologiaimme (genitive plural rare)
herpetologiaamme (partitive singular)
herpetologioitamme (partitive plural)
herpetologiassamme (inessive singular)
herpetologioissamme (inessive plural)
herpetologiastamme (elative singular)
herpetologioistamme (elative plural)
herpetologiaamme (illative singular)
herpetologioihimme (illative plural)
herpetologiallamme (adessive singular)
herpetologioillamme (adessive plural)
herpetologialtamme (ablative singular)
herpetologioiltamme (ablative plural)
herpetologiallemme (allative singular)
herpetologioillemme (allative plural)
herpetologianamme (essive singular)
herpetologioinamme (essive plural)
herpetologiaksemme (singular translative)
herpetologioiksemme (plural translative)
herpetologiattamme (abessive singular)
herpetologioittamme (abessive plural)
herpetologioinemme (comitative plural)
herpetologianne (nominative singular)
herpetologianne (nominative plural)
herpetologianne (accusative nominative singular)
herpetologianne (accusative nominative plural)
herpetologianne (accusative genitive singular)
herpetologianne (accusative genitive plural)
herpetologianne (genitive singular)
herpetologioidenne (genitive plural)
herpetologioittenne (genitive plural)
herpetologiainne (genitive plural rare)
herpetologiaanne (partitive singular)
herpetologioitanne (partitive plural)
herpetologiassanne (inessive singular)
herpetologioissanne (inessive plural)
herpetologiastanne (elative singular)
herpetologioistanne (elative plural)
herpetologiaanne (illative singular)
herpetologioihinne (illative plural)
herpetologiallanne (adessive singular)
herpetologioillanne (adessive plural)
herpetologialtanne (ablative singular)
herpetologioiltanne (ablative plural)
herpetologiallenne (allative singular)
herpetologioillenne (allative plural)
herpetologiananne (essive singular)
herpetologioinanne (essive plural)
herpetologiaksenne (singular translative)
herpetologioiksenne (plural translative)
herpetologiattanne (abessive singular)
herpetologioittanne (abessive plural)
herpetologioinenne (comitative plural)
herpetologiansa (nominative singular)
herpetologiansa (nominative plural)
herpetologiansa (accusative nominative singular)
herpetologiansa (accusative nominative plural)
herpetologiansa (accusative genitive singular)
herpetologiansa (accusative genitive plural)
herpetologiansa (genitive singular)
herpetologioidensa (genitive plural)
herpetologioittensa (genitive plural)
herpetologiainsa (genitive plural rare)
herpetologiaansa (partitive singular)
herpetologioitaan (partitive plural)
herpetologioitansa (partitive plural)
herpetologiassaan (inessive singular)
herpetologiassansa (inessive singular)
herpetologioissaan (inessive plural)
herpetologioissansa (inessive plural)
herpetologiastaan (elative singular)
herpetologiastansa (elative singular)
herpetologioistaan (elative plural)
herpetologioistansa (elative plural)
herpetologiaansa (illative singular)
herpetologioihinsa (illative plural)
herpetologiallaan (adessive singular)
herpetologiallansa (adessive singular)
herpetologioillaan (adessive plural)
herpetologioillansa (adessive plural)
herpetologialtaan (ablative singular)
herpetologialtansa (ablative singular)
herpetologioiltaan (ablative plural)
herpetologioiltansa (ablative plural)
herpetologialleen (allative singular)
herpetologiallensa (allative singular)
herpetologioilleen (allative plural)
herpetologioillensa (allative plural)
herpetologianaan (essive singular)
herpetologianansa (essive singular)
herpetologioinaan (essive plural)
herpetologioinansa (essive plural)
herpetologiakseen (singular translative)
herpetologiaksensa (singular translative)
herpetologioikseen (plural translative)
herpetologioiksensa (plural translative)
herpetologiattaan (abessive singular)
herpetologiattansa (abessive singular)
herpetologioittaan (abessive plural)
herpetologioittansa (abessive plural)
herpetologioineen (comitative plural)
herpetologioinensa (comitative plural)

Internationalism (see French herpétologie). Contains the suffix -logia.


ljuska

ljȕska (canonical feminine)
љу̏ска (Cyrillic)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *luska, *ljuska.

scale (keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals)


чешуя

ru-noun+

чешуя́ • (češujá) f inan (genitive чешуи́, nominative plural чешуи́, genitive plural чешу́й, diminutive чешу́йка)

чешуя́ (canonical)
češujá (romanization)
чешуи́ (genitive)
чешуи́ (nominative plural)
чешу́й (genitive plural)
чешу́йка (diminutive)
чешуя́ (nominative singular)
чешуи́ (nominative plural)
чешуи́ (genitive singular)
чешу́й (genitive plural)
чешуе́ (dative singular)
чешуя́м (dative plural)
чешую́ (accusative singular)
чешуи́ (accusative plural)
чешуёй (instrumental singular)
чешуёю (instrumental singular)
чешуя́ми (instrumental plural)
чешуе́ (prepositional singular)
чешуя́х (plural prepositional)


diacranterian

en-adj

diacranterian (comparative more diacranterian, superlative most diacranterian)

more diacranterian (comparative)
most diacranterian (superlative)

From dia- + Ancient Greek κραντήρες (krantḗres, “wisdom teeth”) + -ian.

uder

(herpetology) Having the back teeth separated from the front teeth.


syncranterian

en-adj

syncranterian (comparative more syncranterian, superlative most syncranterian)

more syncranterian (comparative)
most syncranterian (superlative)

From syn- + Ancient Greek κραντήρες (krantḗres, “wisdom teeth”) + -ian.

The three Tropidonotes here described possess the true syncranterian type of dentition.

1860, Edward Drinker Cope, “Notes and descriptions of new and little known species of American Reptiles”, in Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, volume 12, page 342:

The type species, C. constrictor, definitely has syncranterian dentition.

1987, Beat Schätti, “The Phylogenetic Significance of Morphological Characters in the Holarctic Racers of the Genus Coluber”, in Amphibia-Reptilia, volume 8, number 4:

(herpetology) Having teeth in one continuous row.


abdominal rib

(herpetology) Any of the riblike structures that cross the abdomen in lizards.


acrochordid

(herpetology) Any member of the family Acrochordidae.


corytophanid

/ˌkɒɹɪtəʊˈfænɪd/

/ˌkɑɹɪtoʊˈfænɪd/

From translingual Corytophanidae + -id. Corytophanidae is derived from Ancient Greek κόρῠθος (kóruthos, “helmet”) + φᾰνερός (phanerós, “visible”) + -idae, referring to the lizard’s prominent helmet-like head crest.

der

The species differs from other corytophanids by having a triangular-shaped head casque projecting posteriorly past the head.

2004 October 30, Josiah H. Townsend, James R. McCranie, Larry David Wilson, “Corytophanes cristatus (Merrem): Smoothhead Helmeted Basilisk, Turipache Selvático”, in Andrew H. Price, editor, Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles, New York, N.Y.: Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, →DOI, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2021-03-25, page 789.2, column 1:

(herpetology (saurology)) Any lizard in the family Corytophanidae; a casquehead or helmeted lizard.

Harvard University
Jonathan Losos
Museum of Comparative Zoology


krljušt

kȑljūšt (canonical feminine)
кр̏љӯшт (Cyrillic)
krljušt (nominative singular)
krljušti (nominative plural)
krljušti (genitive singular)
krljušti (genitive plural)
krljušti (dative singular)
krljuštima (dative plural)
krljušt (accusative singular)
krljušti (accusative plural)
krljušti (singular vocative)
krljušti (plural vocative)
krljušti (locative singular)
krljuštima (locative plural)
krljušti (instrumental singular)
krljušću (instrumental singular)
krljuštima (instrumental plural)

scales (small, flat and hard pieces of keratin covering the skin of an animal, particularly a fish or reptile)


крљушт

кр̏љӯшт (canonical feminine)
kȑljūšt (romanization)
крљушт (nominative singular)
крљушти (nominative plural)
крљушти (genitive singular)
крљушти (genitive plural)
крљушти (dative singular)
крљуштима (dative plural)
крљушт (accusative singular)
крљушти (accusative plural)
крљушти (singular vocative)
крљушти (plural vocative)
крљушти (locative singular)
крљуштима (locative plural)
крљушти (instrumental singular)
крљушћу (instrumental singular)
крљуштима (instrumental plural)

sh-decl-noun

крљушти/крљушћу


lempeng

id-noun

lempeng (plural lempeng-lempeng, first-person possessive lempengku, second-person possessive lempengmu, third-person possessive lempengnya)

lempeng-lempeng (plural)
lempengku (first-person possessive)
lempengmu (possessive second-person)
lempengnya (possessive third-person)

Borrowed from Betawi lempeng.
* Semantic loan from English plate for sense “geology plate”, “denture base”, “larger scale” and “printing plate”.


corytophanine

(herpetology (saurology)) Any lizard of the genus Corytophanes


aglyphe

From a- + Ancient Greek γλυφή (gluphḗ, “carving, incision”).

der

(herpetology) (of teeth) lacking a channel for delivering poison


zygokrotaphic

From zygo- + Ancient Greek κρότᾰφος (krótaphos, “temple”) + -ic.

(herpetology) Of a caecilian: Having a skull with an open temporal region.


stegokrotaphic

From Ancient Greek στέγος (stégos, “roof”) + Ancient Greek κρότᾰφος (krótaphos, “temple”) + -ic.

(herpetology) Of a caecilian: Having a skull with a closed or fused temporal region.


axanthic

(herpetology) Coloured without normal yellow or red pigments, resulting in shades of grey.


zygokrotaphy

(herpetology) The trait of having a zygokrotaphic skull.


herpie

From herpetologist + -ie (“diminutive suffix”).

suffix

(colloquial) A herpetologist or reptile enthusiast.


röömijä

röömijä (nominative singular)
röömijät (nominative plural)
röömijän (genitive singular)
röömijiin (genitive plural)
röömijää (partitive singular)
röömijiä (partitive plural)
röömijää (illative singular)
röömijii (illative plural)
röömijääs (inessive singular)
röömijiis (inessive plural)
röömijäst (elative singular)
röömijist (elative plural)
röömijälle (allative singular)
röömijille (allative plural)
röömijääl (adessive singular)
röömijiil (adessive plural)
röömijält (ablative singular)
röömijilt (ablative plural)
röömijäks (singular translative)
röömijiks (plural translative)
röömijännä (essive singular)
röömijään (essive singular)
röömijinnä (essive plural)
röömijiin (essive plural)
röömijänt (exessive singular)
röömijint (exessive plural)

From röömiä (“to crawl”) + -jä. Akin to Finnish ryömijä (“crawler”).

Suenliiat (kuva 2) ovat samoi tovallissia röömijiä.

1937, V. A. Tetjurev, translated by N. J. Molotsova, Loonnontiito oppikirja alkușkoulua vart (toin osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 38:

Lizards (image 2) are the most common reptiles.


pythonoid

(herpetology) Any member of the Pythonoidea superfamily of snakes.


nanhsiungchelyid

(herpetology, paleontology) Any member of the Nanhsiungchelyidae family of turtles


pseudoangular

(herpetology) In caecilians, the rear toothless part of the jawbone.


herpelid

(herpetology) Any member of the Herpelidae family of amphibians


pseudodentary

(herpetology) In caecilians, the front tooth-bearing part of the jawbone.


diplodactyloid

(herpetology) Any member of the Diplodactyloidea superfamily of lizards.


diplodactylin

(herpetology) Any member of the Diplodactylinae subfamily of lizards.


литория

ru-noun+

лито́рия • (litórija) f anim (genitive лито́рии, nominative plural лито́рии, genitive plural лито́рий)

лито́рия (canonical)
litórija (romanization)
лито́рии (genitive)
лито́рии (nominative plural)
лито́рий (genitive plural)
лито́рия (nominative singular)
лито́рии (nominative plural)
лито́рии (genitive singular)
лито́рий (genitive plural)
лито́рии (dative singular)
лито́риям (dative plural)
лито́рию (accusative singular)
лито́рий (accusative plural)
лито́рией (instrumental singular)
лито́риею (instrumental singular)
лито́риями (instrumental plural)
лито́рии (prepositional singular)
лито́риях (plural prepositional)

(herpetology) Australasian treefrog (Litoria sp.)


олигодон

олигодо́н • (oligodón) m anim (genitive олигодо́на, nominative plural олигодо́ны, genitive plural олигодо́нов)

олигодо́н (canonical)
oligodón (romanization)
олигодо́на (genitive)
олигодо́ны (nominative plural)
олигодо́нов (genitive plural)
олигодо́н (nominative singular)
олигодо́ны (nominative plural)
олигодо́на (genitive singular)
олигодо́нов (genitive plural)
олигодо́ну (dative singular)
олигодо́нам (dative plural)
олигодо́на (accusative singular)
олигодо́нов (accusative plural)
олигодо́ном (instrumental singular)
олигодо́нами (instrumental plural)
олигодо́не (prepositional singular)
олигодо́нах (plural prepositional)

[ɐlʲɪɡɐˈdon]

(herpetology) kukri snake (Oligodon sp. snake)


lungless salamander

en-noun

lungless salamander (plural lungless salamanders)

(herpetology) Any of numerous salamanders in the family Plethodontidae, who do not have lungs, and instead respirate through their skin and the lining of their mouths.


сахарская лягушка

ru-noun+

саха́рская лягу́шка • (saxárskaja ljagúška) f anim (genitive саха́рской лягу́шки, nominative plural саха́рские лягу́шки, genitive plural саха́рских лягу́шек)

саха́рская лягу́шка (canonical)
saxárskaja ljagúška (romanization)
саха́рской лягу́шки (genitive)
саха́рские лягу́шки (nominative plural)
саха́рских лягу́шек (genitive plural)
саха́рская лягу́шка (nominative singular)
саха́рские лягу́шки (nominative plural)
саха́рской лягу́шки (genitive singular)
саха́рских лягу́шек (genitive plural)
саха́рской лягу́шке (dative singular)
саха́рским лягу́шкам (dative plural)
саха́рскую лягу́шку (accusative singular)
саха́рских лягу́шек (accusative plural)
саха́рской лягу́шкой (instrumental singular)
саха́рскою лягу́шкою (instrumental singular)
саха́рскими лягу́шками (instrumental plural)
саха́рской лягу́шке (prepositional singular)
саха́рских лягу́шках (plural prepositional)

саха́рский (saxárskij, “Saharan”) + лягу́шка (ljagúška, “frog”)

affix

(herpetology) Sahara frog (Pelophylax saharicus)