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One who studies reptiles and amphibians; a reptile and amphibian specialist.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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a zoologist who studies reptiles and amphibians
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: zoologist, animal scientist
From herpeto- (From Ancient Greek ἑρπετόν (herpetón, “creeping animal, reptile, especially a snake”)) + -logist.
Across languages
Translations
22 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Asturian:
herpetólogu
— one who studies reptiles, a reptile specialist
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Chinese Mandarin:
爬蟲學家 /爬虫学家
(páchóngxuéjiā)
— one who studies reptiles, a reptile specialist
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Czech:
herpetolog
— one who studies reptiles, a reptile specialist
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French:
herpétologiste
— one who studies reptiles, a reptile specialist
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Galician:
herpetólogo
— one who studies reptiles, a reptile specialist
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German:
Herpetologe
— one who studies reptiles, a reptile specialist
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German:
Herpetologin
— one who studies reptiles, a reptile specialist
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Hungarian:
herpetológus
— one who studies reptiles, a reptile specialist
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Italian:
erpetologo
— one who studies reptiles, a reptile specialist
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Japanese:
爬虫類学者
(hachūrui-gakusha)
— one who studies reptiles, a reptile specialist
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Japanese:
爬虫両性類学者
(hachūryōseirui-gakusha)
— one who studies reptiles, a reptile specialist
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Korean:
파충류학자
(pachungnyuhakja)
— one who studies reptiles, a reptile specialist
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Korean:
양서파충류학자
(yangseopachungnyuhakja)
— one who studies reptiles, a reptile specialist
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Latin:
herpetologus
— one who studies reptiles, a reptile specialist
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Polish:
herpetolog
— one who studies reptiles, a reptile specialist
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Portuguese:
herpetólogo
— one who studies reptiles, a reptile specialist
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Romanian:
erpetolog
— one who studies reptiles, a reptile specialist
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Romanian:
erpetologă
— one who studies reptiles, a reptile specialist
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Russian:
герпето́лог
(gerpetólog)
— one who studies reptiles, a reptile specialist
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Slovak:
herpetológ
— one who studies reptiles, a reptile specialist
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Spanish:
herpetólogo
— one who studies reptiles, a reptile specialist
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Swedish:
herpetolog
— one who studies reptiles, a reptile specialist
