"herpetology" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌhɜː.pɪ.ˈtɒ.lə.d͡ʒi/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-herpetology.wav [US] Forms: herpetologies [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒlədʒi Etymology: From French herpétologie, from Ancient Greek ἑρπετόν (herpetón, “reptile”) + -logie (suffix indicating a field of study or work), equivalent to herpet- + -logy. Etymology templates: {{der|en|fr|herpétologie}} French herpétologie, {{der|en|grc|ἑρπετόν||reptile}} Ancient Greek ἑρπετόν (herpetón, “reptile”), {{m|fr|-logie}} -logie, {{confix|en|herpet|logy}} herpet- + -logy Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} herpetology (usually uncountable, plural herpetologies)
  1. The branch of biology dealing with reptiles (Reptilia) and amphibians. Wikipedia link: herpetology Tags: uncountable, usually Hypernyms: zoology Hyponyms: reptilology, reptology, ophiology, paleoherpetology Related terms: herp, herper, herpes, herpetological, herpetologist, herptile Translations (the branch of biology dealing with reptiles): herpetoloxía [feminine] (Asturian), herpetologia [feminine] (Catalan), herpetologie [feminine] (Czech), herpetologia (Finnish), herpétologie [feminine] (French), herpetoloxía [feminine] (Galician), Herpetologie [feminine] (German), ερπετολογία (erpetología) [feminine] (Greek), herpetológia (Hungarian), reiptíleolaíocht [feminine] (Irish), erpetologia [feminine] (Italian), 爬虫類学 (hachūrui-gaku) (Japanese), 爬虫両生類学 (hachūryōseirui-gaku) (Japanese), 파충류학 (pachungnyuhak) (Korean), 양서파충류학 (yangseopachungnyuhak) (Korean), herpetologi [masculine] (Norwegian), herpetologia [feminine] (Portuguese), герпетоло́гия (gerpetológija) [feminine] (Russian), herpetológia [feminine] (Slovak), herpetología [feminine] (Spanish), herpetology (West Frisian), herpetoloci [feminine] (Zazaki)

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