| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | her·pe·tol·o·gy |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  hûr p -t l  -j |
| NOUN: | The branch of zoology that deals with reptiles and amphibians. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Greek herpeton, reptile (from herpein, to creep) + –logy. | | OTHER FORMS: | herpe·to·logic (-t-ljk) , herpe·to·logi·cal —ADJECTIVE
herpe·to·logi·cal·ly —ADVERB
herpe·tolo·gist —NOUN
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