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Reptiles

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Reptiles
See also animals; snakes; zoology.

the scientific description of reptiles. — herpetographical, adj.
Zoology. the study of reptiles and amphibians. — herpetologist, n. — herpetologic, herpetological, adj.
an abnormal fear of reptiles. Also called ophidiophobia.
an abnormal love of reptiles.
herpetophobia.


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These were the only reptiles I had ever seen upon Barsoom, but I knew from their similarity to the fossilized remains of supposedly extinct species I had seen in the museums of Helium that they comprised many of the known prehistoric reptilian genera, as well as others undiscovered.
The glass breaking, the reptiles all escaped into the street.
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