Hĕr'pe-tŏn, n.

n. [Gr. ἑρπετόν, reptile, creeping thing, from ἕρπειν, to creep.] [Written also erpeton.] (Zool.) A genus of serpents allied to Eryx, and characterized by two soft prominences covered with scales, which are appended to the muzzle. Brande.