▪ I. herpetography1
(hɜːpɪˈtɒgrəfɪ)
[f. Gr. ἑρπετόν creeping thing, reptile, f. ἕρπειν to creep, crawl + -graphy.]
(See quot.)
| 1736 Bailey (folio) Pref., Herpetography..a Description of creeping Things. 1886 in Syd. Soc. Lex. |
▪ II. herpeˈtography2
[f. Gr. ἑρπητ- herpes + -graphy.]
A description of the disease herpes.
| 1854 in Mayne Expos. Lex. |
Hence herpetoˈgraphical a.
| 1854 Mayne Expos. Lex., Herpetographicus..of or belonging to herpetography: herpetographical. |