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Reptile
Reptile Rep"tile, n.
1. (Zo["o]l.) An animal that crawls, or moves on its belly,
as snakes,, or by means of small, short legs, as lizards,
and the like.
An inadvertent step may crush the snail That crawls
at evening in the public path; But he that has
humanity, forewarned, Will tread aside, and let the
reptile live. --Cowper.
2. (Zo["o]l.) One of the Reptilia, or one of the Amphibia.
Note: The amphibians were formerly classed with Reptilia, and
are still popularly called reptiles, though much more
closely allied to the fishes.
3. A groveling or very mean person.
ReptileReptile Rep"tile (r?p"t?l;277), a. [F. reptile, L. reptilis,
fr. repere, reptum, to creep; cf. Lith. reploti; perh. akin
to L. serpere. Cf. Serpent.]
1. Creeping; moving on the belly, or by means of small and
short legs.
2. Hence: Groveling; low; vulgar; as, a reptile race or crew;
reptile vices.
There is also a false, reptile prudence, the result
not of caution, but of fear. --Burke.
And dislodge their reptile souls From the bodies and
forms of men. --Coleridge.
Meaning of Reptiles from wikipedia
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Reptiles, as
commonly defined, are a
group of
tetrapods with an
ectothermic ('cold-blooded')
metabolism and
amniotic development.
Living reptiles comprise...
- Age of
Reptiles may
refer to: The
Mesozoic era, a time in
geologic history Age of
Reptiles (comics) Age of
Reptiles (album), an
album by
Showbread The...
- (/skwæˈmeɪtə/,
Latin squamatus, 'scaly,
having scales') is the
largest order of
reptiles,
comprising lizards and snakes. With over 12,162 species, it is also the...
- A
reptile centre is
typically a
facility devoted to
keeping living reptiles,
educating the
public about reptiles, and
serving as a
control centre for collecting...
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alligators Family Gavialidae –
gharials Reptile List of
regional reptiles lists List of
birds List of
snakes Herping Reptiles portal Pereira,
Anieli G.; Sterli...
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which he
grouped reptiles and
amphibians in the same class.
There are over 6700
species of
amphibians and over 9000
species of
reptiles.
Despite its modern...
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links out to the
Reptile Database.
Reptiles portal Uetz, Peter; Stylianou,
Alexandrea (2018). "The
original descriptions of
reptiles and
their subspecies"...
- is
native to the continent's
north coastal area. List of
reptiles of
Tasmania List of
reptiles of
Western Australia List of
Australian and
Antarctic dinosaurs...
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Marine reptiles are
reptiles which have
become secondarily adapted for an
aquatic or
semiaquatic life in a
marine environment. Only
about 100 of the 12...
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pitched to
Universal Pictures three years earlier as The
Curse of the
Reptiles, the
script was
written by
Anthony Hinds using his pseudonym, John Elder...
