herpetology

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English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˌhɜɹ.pɛ.ˈtɑ.loʊ.d͡ʒi/, [ˌhɝ.pɛ̆.ˈtɑ.lŏ.d͡ʒi]
• Hyphenation: her‧pe‧tol‧o‧gy

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἑρπετόν (herpeton, “reptile”) + -logy (suffix indicating a field of study or work)

Noun

herpetology (uncountable)

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

Hypernyms

• zoology

Hyponyms

• ophiology

Translations

the branch of biology dealing with reptiles

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

• Italian: erpetologia (it) f
• Japanese: 爬虫類学 (hachūrui-gaku)
• Korean: 파충류학 (pa.chung.ryu.hag)
• Norwegian: herpetologi (no) m
• Portuguese: herpetologia (pt) f
• Russian: герпетология (ru) (gerpetológija) f 
• Slovak: herpetológia (sk) f
• Spanish: herpetología (es) f
• West Frisian: herpetology

Related terms

• herp
• herpetological
• herpetologist
• herptile