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1. A specialist in the study of snakes.
2. Someone who is versed in the natural history of serpents.

Someone who tells the future, or past, by observing snakes.

Someone who has a special fondness for snakes and other reptiles.

A collector of snake skins.

1. A physician specializing in the care and treatment of the eyes.
2. A specialist in ophthalmology or the medical and surgical specialty of eye care.

A collector of eye glasses.

1. A believer in optimism or that the best can and will take place.
2. Someone who tends to expect that good things will happen.
3. Somebody who tends to feel hopeful and positive about future outcomes.
4. A person who looks on the bright side of things, or takes hopeful views; as opposed to a pessimist.

A health care professional who is licensed to provide primary eye care services:

1. To examine and diagnose eye diseases such as glaucoma, cataracts, and retinal diseases and, in certain states in the U.S., to treat them.
2. To diagnose related systemic (bodywide) conditions such as hypertension and diabetes that may affect the eyes.
3. To examine, to diagnose, and to treat visual conditions; such as, nearsightedness, farsightedness, astigmatism, and presbyopia.
4. To prescribe glasses, contact lenses, low vision rehabilitation, and medications; as well as, to perform minor surgical procedures; such as, the removal of foreign bodies.

1. Relating to or advocating oralism.
2. A profoundly deaf person who uses speech and lip-reading to communicate, rather than by using sign language.

A cultivator of orchids (flowers); an orchid fancier.

One who studies plant and animal organs.