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herpetologist
  • n  a zoologist who studies reptiles and amphibians
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herpetology
  • n  the branch of zoology concerned with reptiles and amphibians
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herr
  • n  a German man; used before the name as a title equivalent to Mr in English
  • n  a German courtesy title or form of address for a man
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herrenvolk
  • n  a race that considers itself superior to all others and fitted to rule the others
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herrerasaurus
  • n  a kind of theropod dinosaur found in Argentina
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herring
  • n  valuable flesh of fatty fish from shallow waters of northern Atlantic or Pacific; usually salted or pickled
  • n  commercially important food fish of northern waters of both Atlantic and Pacific
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herring hog
  • n  the common porpoise of the northern Atlantic and Pacific
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herringbone
  • n  a twilled fabric with a herringbone pattern
  • n  a pattern of columns of short parallel lines with all the lines in one column sloping one way and lines in adjacent columns sloping the other way; it is used in weaving, masonry, parquetry, embroidery
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herringbone pattern
  • n  a pattern of columns of short parallel lines with all the lines in one column sloping one way and lines in adjacent columns sloping the other way; it is used in weaving, masonry, parquetry, embroidery
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herschel
  • n  English astronomer (son of William Herschel) who extended the catalogue of stars to the southern hemisphere and did pioneering work in photography (1792-1871)
  • n  English astronomer (born in Germany) who discovered infrared light and who catalogued the stars and discovered the planet Uranus (1738-1822)
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herschelian telescope
  • n  a reflecting telescope with the mirror slightly tilted to throw the image to the side where it can be viewed
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