Definitions
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- noun Fear of
reptiles ,amphibians , and similar animals.
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Examples
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The suspense is brilliantly sustained though some might find the introduction of a deadly snake excessive, piling herpetophobia on claustrophobia.
Buried Philip French 2010
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Herpetologists study snakes, so I'd venture a guess that the fear of snakes is "herpetophobia."
Snakes in Primate Vision Field Notes 2006
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The term for fear of snakes is not herpetophobia, but Ophidiophobia, derived from "ophis," which is Greek for snake and is related to Ophion, the primordial snake-god in Pelasgian the ancestors of the Greeks mythology who was the consort of the all-powerful goddess Eurynome.
Snakes in Primate Vision Field Notes 2006
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Evidently I was not too far off the mark - fear of reptiles is herpetophobia.
Snakes in Primate Vision Field Notes 2006
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He even once wrapped a giant snake around his neck and chased Dwyane Wade, not caring that the NBA scoring champion suffers from herpetophobia, a morbid fear of reptiles.
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Fear of animals is called zoophobia, of birds ornithophobia, of fish, ichthyophobia, of reptiles herpetophobia (not "fear of herpes"), and of insects entophobia.
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During our post-Edenic existence, humankind has acquired not only herpetophobia, but so many other fears that up to this point I have listed fewer than half of our named dreads.
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