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HERPETOLOGY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does herpetology mean? 

HERPETOLOGY (noun)
  The noun HERPETOLOGY has 1 sense:

1. the branch of zoology concerned with reptiles and amphibiansplay

  Familiarity information: HERPETOLOGY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


HERPETOLOGY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The branch of zoology concerned with reptiles and amphibians

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("herpetology" is a kind of...):

zoological science; zoology (the branch of biology that studies animals)

Derivation:

herpetologist (a zoologist who studies reptiles and amphibians)


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