Herpetology

Herˊpe-tol′o-gy

,

Noun.

[Written also, but less properly,

erpetology

.]

[Gr. [GREEK] a creeping thing, reptile (fr. [GREEK] to creep) +

-logy

: cf. F.

herpétologie

.]

The natural history of reptiles; that branch of Zoology which relates to reptiles, including their structure, classification, and habits.

Herpetology

HERPETOL'OGY

,

Noun.

[Gr. a reptile, and discourse.] A description of reptiles; the natural history of reptiles, including oviparous quadrupeds, as the crocodile, frog and tortoise,and serpents. The history of the latter is called ophiology.

herpetology

English

Noun

herpetology ‎(usually uncountable, plural herpetologies)

The branch of biology dealing with reptiles (Reptilia) and amphibians.

Hypernyms

zoology

Hyponyms

ophiology

Translations

the branch of biology dealing with reptiles

Asturian: herpetoloxía f
Catalan: herpetologia f
Czech: herpetologie (cs) f
Finnish: herpetologia (fi)
French: herpétologie (fr) f
Galician: herpetoloxía f
German: Herpetologie (de) f
Greek: ερπετολογία (el) f ‎(erpetología)
Hungarian: herpetológia
Irish: reiptíleolaíocht f

Italian: erpetologia (it) f
Japanese: 爬虫類学 (ja) ‎(hachūrui-gaku), 爬虫両生類学 (ja) ‎(hachūryōseirui-gaku)
Korean: 파충류학 ‎(pa.chung.ryu.hag), 양서파충류학 ‎(yang.seo.pa.chung.ryu.hag)
Norwegian: herpetologi (no) m
Portuguese: herpetologia (pt) f
Russian: герпетоло́гия (ru) f ‎(gerpetológija)
Slovak: herpetológia f
Spanish: herpetología (es) f
West Frisian: herpetology

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Herpetology

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Herpetology

HERPETOL'OGY

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