herpetology

1. 1.

   the branch of zoology concerned with reptiles and amphibians

   Broaderzoology

Other forms of herpetology

plural

herpetologies·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about herpetology

What does herpetology mean?

herpetology means "the branch of zoology concerned with reptiles and amphibians".

How many syllables are in herpetology?

herpetology has 5 syllables and divides as her-pe-to-lo-gy under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.