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reptile
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rep·tile  (rptl, -tl)
n.
1. Any of various cold-blooded, usually egg-laying vertebrates of the class Reptilia, such as a snake, lizard, crocodile, turtle, or dinosaur, having an external covering of scales or horny plates and breathing by means of lungs.
2. A person regarded as despicable or treacherous.

[Middle English reptil, from Old French reptile, from Late Latin rptile, from neuter of Latin rptilis, creeping, from rptus, past participle of rpere, to creep.]

reptile
Noun
1. a cold-blooded animal, such as a tortoise, snake, or crocodile, that has an outer covering of horny scales or plates and lays eggs
2. a contemptible grovelling person [Late Latin reptilis creeping]
reptilian adj

reptile  (rptl)
Any of various cold-blooded vertebrates of the class Reptilia, having skin covered with scales or horny plates, breathing air with lungs, and usually having a three-chambered heart. Unlike amphibians, whose eggs are fertilized outside the female body, reptiles reproduce by eggs that are fertilized inside the female. Though once varied, widespread, and numerous, reptilian lineages, including the pterosaurs, ichthyosaurs, plesiosaurs, and dinosaurs, have mostly become extinct (though birds are living descendants of dinosaurs). The earliest reptiles were the cotylosaurs (or stem reptiles) of the late Mississippian or early Pennsylvanian Period, from which mammals evolved. Modern reptiles include crocodiles, snakes, turtles, and lizards.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.reptilereptile - any cold-blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia including tortoises, turtles, snakes, lizards, alligators, crocodiles, and extinct forms
craniate, vertebrate - animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium
class Reptilia, Reptilia - class of cold-blooded air-breathing vertebrates with completely ossified skeleton and a body usually covered with scales or horny plates; once the dominant land animals
anapsid, anapsid reptile - primitive reptile having no opening in the temporal region of the skull; all extinct except turtles
diapsid, diapsid reptile - reptile having a pair of openings in the skull behind each eye
Diapsida, subclass Diapsida - used in former classifications to include all living reptiles except turtles; superseded by the two subclasses Lepidosauria and Archosauria
synapsid, synapsid reptile - extinct reptile having a single pair of lateral temporal openings in the skull

reptile
Translations
reptile [ˈrɛptaɪl] nreptil m

reptile [ˈrɛptaɪl] nreptile m

reptile [ˈrɛptaɪl] nReptil nt

reptile [ˈrɛptaɪl] nrettile m

reptile
n reptile [ˈreptail]
any of the group of cold-blooded animals to which snakes, lizards, crocodiles etc belong. reptiel زاحِف влечуго plaz krybdyr; reptil das Reptil ερπετό reptil roomaja خزنده matelija reptile זוֹחֵל कीड़ा gmaz, reptil csúszómászó reptil skriðdÿr rettile は虫類 파충류 roplys reptilis; rāpulis reptilia reptiel krypdyr gad réptil reptilă рептилия plaz plazilec reptil reptil, kräldjur สัตว์เลื้อยคลาน sürüngen 爬行動物 плазун, рептилія رینگنے والا جانور loài bò sát 爬行
adj repˈtilian [-ˈti-]
reptielagtig من الزَحّافات влечуго plazí krybdyrsagtig; krybdyr- Reptilien-... ερπετοειδής, ερπετόμορφος de los reptiles lömitav, roomajalik خزنده؛ پست فطرت msatelijan reptilien זוֹחֵל सरीसृप का koji se odnosi na gmazove csúszómászó melata skriðdÿrs- di rettile, dei rettili は虫類の 파충류의 ropliams būdingas reptiļa-; rāpuļa- sejenis reptilia kruipend krypdyrs- charakterystyczny dla gada réptil de reptilă; spe­ci­fic rep­tilei пресмыкающийся charakteristický pre plazy plazilski reptilski reptilartad, reptil- เกี่ยวกับสัตว์เลื้อยคลาน; เลวทราม sürüngen 爬行動物的 такий, що належить до рептилій حشراتی thuộc bò sát 爬行


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