reptile.
A (typically scaly and egg-laying) cold-blooded vertebrate tetrapod animal, of the class Reptilia (excluding birds), such as a lizard, turtle, snake, crocodile, alligator, etc.
Meaning & usage
A (typically scaly and egg-laying) cold-blooded vertebrate tetrapod animal, of the class Reptilia (excluding birds), such as a lizard, turtle, snake, crocodile, alligator, etc.
Any member of the class Reptilia, including birds.
Any creeping or crawling animal, one that moves along close to the ground on its belly or on short legs, such as a lizard, snake, salamander, frog, toad, or scorpion.
An animal belonging to either the class Reptilia or the class Amphibia.
An ectothermic, scaly animal, whether sauropsid or synapsid, of the clade Amniota.
Prior to the 1990s, the non-mammalian synapsids were considered true reptiles.
mammal-like reptile
An abject, grovelling, loathsome or repulsive person.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English reptil, from Old French reptile, from Late Latin rēptile, neuter of reptilis (“creeping”), from Latin rēpō (“to creep”), from Proto-Indo-European *rep- (“to creep, slink”) (Pokorny; Watkins, 1969).
Creeping; moving on the belly, or by means of small and short legs.
Grovelling; low; vulgar.
a reptile race or crew reptile vices
Where this word comes from
From Middle English reptil, from Old French reptile, from Late Latin rēptile, neuter of reptilis (“creeping”), from Latin rēpō (“to creep”), from Proto-Indo-European *rep- (“to creep, slink”) (Pokorny; Watkins, 1969).
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