"herpetology" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌhɜː.pɪˈtɒ.lə.d͡ʒi/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-herpetology.wav Forms: herpetologies [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒlədʒi Etymology: Derived from French herpétologie, from Ancient Greek ἑρπετόν (herpetón, “reptile”) + -logie (suffix indicating a field of study or work), equivalent to herpet- + -logy. Etymology templates: {{glossary|derived terms|Derived}} Derived, {{der|en|fr|herpétologie|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} French herpétologie, {{der+|en|fr|herpétologie}} Derived from French herpétologie, {{der|en|grc|ἑρπετόν||reptile}} Ancient Greek ἑρπετόν (herpetón, “reptile”), {{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 (Amphibia). Tags: uncountable, usually Hypernyms: zoology Hyponyms: amphibiology, ophiology, paleoherpetology, reptiliology, reptilology, reptology Related terms: herp, herper, herpes, herpetologic, herpetological, herpetologically, herpetologist, herptile Translations (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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      "sense": "branch of biology dealing with reptiles",
      "word": "爬虫類学"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hachūryōseirui-gaku",
      "sense": "branch of biology dealing with reptiles",
      "word": "爬虫両生類学"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "pachungnyuhak",
      "sense": "branch of biology dealing with reptiles",
      "word": "파충류학"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "yangseopachungnyuhak",
      "sense": "branch of biology dealing with reptiles",
      "word": "양서파충류학"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "branch of biology dealing with reptiles",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "herpetologi"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "branch of biology dealing with reptiles",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "herpetologia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "gerpetológija",
      "sense": "branch of biology dealing with reptiles",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "герпетоло́гия"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "branch of biology dealing with reptiles",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "herpetológia"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "branch of biology dealing with reptiles",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "herpetología"
    },
    {
      "code": "fy",
      "lang": "West Frisian",
      "sense": "branch of biology dealing with reptiles",
      "word": "herpetology"
    },
    {
      "code": "zza",
      "lang": "Zazaki",
      "sense": "branch of biology dealing with reptiles",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "herpetoloci"
    }
  ],
  "word": "herpetology"
}

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