herpetology

English

Etymology

Derived from French herpétologie, from Ancient Greek ἑρπετόν (herpetón, “reptile”) + -logie (suffix indicating a field of study or work), equivalent to herpet- +‎ -logy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌhɜː.pɪ.ˈtɒ.lə.d͡ʒi/

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• Rhymes: -ɒlədʒi
• Hyphenation: her‧pe‧tol‧o‧gy

Noun

herpetology (usually uncountable, plural herpetologies)

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

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

• Asturian: herpetoloxía (ast) f
• Catalan: herpetologia f
• Czech: herpetologie (cs) f
• Finnish: herpetologia (fi)
• French: herpétologie (fr) f
• Galician: herpetoloxía (gl) 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 (pachungnyuhak), 양서파충류학 (yangseopachungnyuhak)
• Norwegian: herpetologi (no) m
• Portuguese: herpetologia (pt) f
• Russian: герпетоло́гия (ru) f (gerpetológija)
• Slovak: herpetológia f
• Spanish: herpetología (es) f
• West Frisian: herpetology
• Zazaki: herpetoloci f