rep·til·i·an (r p-t l  - n, -tlyn)adj. 1. Of or relating to reptiles. 2. Resembling or characteristic of a reptile. 3. Despicable; treacherous. n. A reptile. |
| reptilian (rp-tl-n) Relating to or characteristic of reptiles. |
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| Noun | 1. |  reptilian - any cold-blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia including tortoises, turtles, snakes, lizards, alligators, crocodiles, and extinct formscraniate, 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each eye Diapsida, subclass Diapsida - used in former classifications to include all living reptiles except turtles; superseded by the two subclasses Lepidosauria and Archosauria synapsid, synapsid reptile - extinct reptile having a single pair of lateral temporal openings in the skull |
| Adj. | 1. | reptilian - of or relating to the class Reptilia |
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