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Herpetologist

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    One who studies reptiles and amphibians; a reptile and amphibian specialist.

    "Already, Griffith has observed several amphibian extinctions. Pretty much every herpetologist working out in the field has watched several."

  2. 2
    a zoologist who studies reptiles and amphibians wordnet

Etymology

From herpeto- (From Ancient Greek ἑρπετόν (herpetón, “creeping animal, reptile, especially a snake”)) + -logist.

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