HERPETOLOGY

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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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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