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erpetology

erpetology is the archaic form of herpetology.

Meaning of herpetology

Noun

herpetology (usually uncountable, plural herpetologies)

  1. (usually) The branch of biology dealing with reptiles (Reptilia) and amphibians (Amphibia).

Origin of erpetology

Compare French erpétologie.

Questions about erpetology

What is erpetology the archaic form of?
Erpetology is the archaic form of herpetology.

Words near erpetology in the dictionary

  1. ERPed
  2. Erpelding
  3. Erpeldings
  4. erpetologist
  5. erpetologists
  6. erpetology
  7. ERPing
  8. ERPO
  9. erpobdellid
  10. erpobdellids
  11. erpornis

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Adapted from Wiktionary: erpetology (page history and authors); herpetology (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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