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herpetologist en · NOUN

Etymology

From herpeto- (From Ancient Greek ἑρπετόν (herpetón, “creeping animal, reptile, especially a snake”)) + -logist.

Meanings

  1. One who studies reptiles and amphibians; a reptile and amphibian specialist.
    • Already, Griffith has observed several amphibian extinctions. Pretty much every herpetologist working out in the field has watched several. 2014, Elizabeth Kolbert, chapter 1, in The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History, Henry Holt and Company:

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Deriveds

herpie

Relateds

herpetology · herper · herp

Translations (23)

ast herpetólogu (one who studies reptiles, a reptile specialist) · ro erpetolog (one who studies reptiles, a reptile specialist) · fi herpetologi (one who studies reptiles, a reptile specialist) · ko 양서파충류학자 (one who studies reptiles, a reptile specialist) · cmn 爬蟲學家 /爬虫学家 (one who studies reptiles, a reptile specialist) · de Herpetologe (one who studies reptiles, a reptile specialist) · sv herpetolog (one who studies reptiles, a reptile specialist) · la herpetologus (one who studies reptiles, a reptile specialist) · it erpetologo (one who studies reptiles, a reptile specialist) · ko 파충류학자 (one who studies reptiles, a reptile specialist) · cs herpetolog (one who studies reptiles, a reptile specialist) · ja 爬虫両性類学者 (one who studies reptiles, a reptile specialist) · hu herpetológus (one who studies reptiles, a reptile specialist) · pl herpetolog (one who studies reptiles, a reptile specialist) · gl herpetólogo (one who studies reptiles, a reptile specialist) · sk herpetológ (one who studies reptiles, a reptile specialist) · es herpetólogo (one who studies reptiles, a reptile specialist) · fr herpétologiste (one who studies reptiles, a reptile specialist) · ru герпето́лог (one who studies reptiles, a reptile specialist) · de Herpetologin (one who studies reptiles, a reptile specialist) · ja 爬虫類学者 (one who studies reptiles, a reptile specialist) · pt herpetólogo (one who studies reptiles, a reptile specialist) · ro erpetologă (one who studies reptiles, a reptile specialist)