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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 amphibians
Familiarity information: HERPETOLOGY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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