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- noun biology A
reptile oramphibian .
Etymologies
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From herpetology (and similar words), by blending with reptile.
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This was before the missus and I embarked on our herptile fixation -- and the events that follow, I now realize, were the thin end of that wedge.
Archive 2009-06-28 Sean Craven 2009
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This was before the missus and I embarked on our herptile fixation -- and the events that follow, I now realize, were the thin end of that wedge.
True Amphibian Crime Part Two: The Transbay Newt Shuffle Sean Craven 2009
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