herpetology Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the branch of zoology concerned with reptiles and amphibians

WordNet

Her`pe*tol"o*gy noun
Etymology
Written also, but less properly, erpetology.
Gr. a creeping thing, reptile (fr. to creep) + -logy: cf. F. herpétologie.
Definitions
  1. The natural history of reptiles; that branch of zoölogy which relates to reptiles, including their structure, classification, and habits.

Webster 1913