"herp" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: herps [plural]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)p Etymology: Back-formation from herpetology, or via simplification of herptile. Etymology templates: {{m|en|herpetology}} herpetology, {{m|en|herptile}} herptile Head templates: {{en-noun}} herp (plural herps)
  1. (colloquial) A reptile or amphibian. Tags: colloquial Translations (reptile or amphbian): herppi (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-herp-en-noun-ZKw9AKf~
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)p Etymology: Shortening. Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} herp (uncountable)
  1. (colloquial) Herpes. Tags: colloquial, uncountable Related terms: herp derp (english: probably etymologically unrelated)
    Sense id: en-herp-en-noun-e-rTReZP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 87
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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