See Also: erpetology(medicine)
gleam(medicine)
gleam(1)(dictionary)
gleam(2)(dictionary)
gleam 1, verb(dictionary)
gleam 2, noun(dictionary)

gleam 2, noun (oh) and erpetology (medicine)


gleam 2, noun (oh)



2 n [C]
[Language: Old English; Origin: glAm]
a small pale light, especially one that shines for a short time
-synonym glimmer glimmer gleam of
::They saw a sudden gleam of light.
the brightness of something that shines
-synonym glint glint gleam of
::the gleam of gold and diamonds
an emotion or expression that appears for a moment on someone's face
gleam of
::She saw a gleam of amusement in his eyes.
::Rose looked at me with a furious gleam in her eyes.
sth is a gleam in sb's eye
used to say that something is being planned or thought about, but does not yet exist
::In those days, CD-ROMs were still just a gleam in the eye of some young engineer.

erpetology (medicine)


erpetology -->
herpetology
<study> The natural history of reptiles; that branch of zoology which relates to reptiles, including their structure, classification, and habits.

Origin: Written also, but less properly, erpetology] [Gr. A creeping thing, reptile (fr. To creep): cf. F. Herpetologie.

Source: Websters Dictionary