Definition of "herpetologist" [her•pe•tol•o•gist]

• One who studies reptiles, a reptile specialist. (noun)

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• "It was also the lair of an exceptionally large rattlesnake which pleased Dudley, a thwarted herpetologist, and showed once again on the flanks of an eroding knoll."
• "* Zach Walker, a herpetologist with the Wyoming Game and Fish Department ... said he also has heard that when a dog gets bitten by a rattlesnake and survives, the dog is henceforth immune to the venom."
• "A herpetologist can tell you what you want to know."