Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One versed in herpetology, or engaged in the study of it.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One versed in herpetology, or the natural history of reptiles.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who studies
reptiles , a reptilespecialist .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a zoologist who studies reptiles and amphibians
Etymologies
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Examples
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Australian herpetologist, television personality, and conservationist, Irwin was known as “The Crocodile Hunter”.
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I don't think it takes a qualified herpetologist to identify a Burmese or any other python.
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A herpetologist can tell you what you want to know.
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It was also the lair of an exceptionally large rattlesnake which pleased Dudley, a thwarted herpetologist, and showed once again on the flanks of an eroding knoll.
Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011
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One day, she went out on a dinghy with a herpetologist who pulled an 18-foot anaconda into the tiny boat.
Up the Amazon, Off the Grid Alexandra Alter 2011
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A herpetologist can tell you what you want to know.
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* Zach Walker, a herpetologist with the Wyoming Game and Fish Department ... said he also has heard that when a dog gets bitten by a rattlesnake and survives, the dog is henceforth immune to the venom.
Snakes in the Grass? 2009
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It was also the lair of an exceptionally large rattlesnake which pleased Dudley, a thwarted herpetologist, and showed once again on the flanks of an eroding knoll.
Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011
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* Zach Walker, a herpetologist with the Wyoming Game and Fish Department ... said he also has heard that when a dog gets bitten by a rattlesnake and survives, the dog is henceforth immune to the venom.
Snakes in the Grass? 2009
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It was also the lair of an exceptionally large rattlesnake which pleased Dudley, a thwarted herpetologist, and showed once again on the flanks of an eroding knoll.
Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011
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