Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The branch of herpetology that deals with snakes.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The zoölogical study of serpents. Also, less properly, ophidology.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun That part of natural history which treats of the ophidians, or serpents.
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- noun biology The study of
snakes , a branch ofherpetology .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Greek ophis, snake + –logy.]
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Ancient Greek ὄφις (ophis, "serpent, snake") + λόγος (logos, "knowledge").
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