What does reptile mean?
Definitions for reptile
ˈrɛp tɪl, -taɪlrep·tile
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Princeton's WordNet
reptile, reptiliannoun
any cold-blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia including tortoises, turtles, snakes, lizards, alligators, crocodiles, and extinct forms
Wiktionary
reptilenoun
A cold-blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia.
reptilenoun
A mean or grovelling person.
Etymology: reptil, from reptile, from reptile, neuter of reptilis, from repo, from rep- (Pokorny; Watkins, 1969).
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Reptileadjective
Creeping upon many feet. In the following lines reptile is confounded with serpent.
Etymology: reptile, Lat.
Cleanse baits from filth, to give a tempting gloss,
Cherish the sully’d reptile race with moss. John Gay.Reptilenoun
An animal that creeps upon many feet.
Terrestial animals may be divided into quadrupeds or reptiles, which have many feet, and serpents which have no feet. John Locke, Elements of Natural Philosophy.
Holy retreat! sithence no female hither,
Conscious of social love and nature’s rites,
Must dare approach, from the inferior reptile,
To woman, form divine. Matthew Prior.
Wikipedia
Reptile
Reptile is a song by Australian alternative rock band The Church. It was released as a single from their 1988 album Starfish, and the songwriting credits are given to all four members of the band. Inspired by a real-life encounter with a reptile, "Reptile" is based around a prominent guitar riff. The song saw moderate commercial success as a single and has become one of the band's most famous songs.
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reptile
A reptile is a type of animal belonging to the class Reptilia, which includes snakes, lizards, crocodiles, turtles, and tortoises. They are characterized by their cold-blooded nature, dry scaly skin, and typically lay hard-shelled eggs on land. Most reptiles are also known for their ability to regulate their body temperature by absorbing heat from their environment.
Webster Dictionary
Reptileadjective
creeping; moving on the belly, or by means of small and short legs
Reptileadjective
hence: Groveling; low; vulgar; as, a reptile race or crew; reptile vices
Reptilenoun
an animal that crawls, or moves on its belly, as snakes,, or by means of small, short legs, as lizards, and the like
Reptilenoun
one of the Reptilia, or one of the Amphibia
Reptilenoun
a groveling or very mean person
Etymology: [F. reptile, L. reptilis, fr. repere, reptum, to creep; cf. Lith. reploti; perh. akin to L. serpere. Cf. Serpent.]
Wikidata
Reptile
Traditionally, reptiles are members of the class Reptilia comprising the amniotes that are neither birds nor mammals. Living reptiles, in that sense, can be distinguished from other tetrapods in that they are "cold-blooded" and bear scutes or scales. The earliest known reptiles originated around 320–310 million years ago during the Carboniferous period, having evolved from advanced reptile-like amphibians that became increasingly adapted to life on dry land. Many groups are extinct, including dinosaurs, pterosaurs, and aquatic groups such as the ichthyosaurs. Modern reptiles inhabit every continent with the exception of Antarctica. Several living subgroups are recognized: ⁕Testudines: approximately 330 species ⁕Sphenodontia: 2 species ⁕Squamata: over 9,400 species ⁕Crocodilia: 25 species Although they have scutes on their feet and lay eggs, birds have historically been excluded from the reptiles. They therefore do not appear on the list above. However, as some reptiles are more closely related to birds than they are to other reptiles — crocodiles are more closely related to birds than they are to lizards — cladistic writers who prefer a more unified grouping usually also include the birds, which include over 10,000 species.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Reptile
rep′tīl, adj. moving or crawling on the belly or with very short legs: grovelling: low.—n. an animal that moves or crawls on its belly or with short legs: an oviparous quadruped: one of the class of Reptil′ia (n.pl.) occupying a central position in the Vertebrate series, beneath them Amphibians and Fishes, above them Birds and Mammals: a grovelling, low person.—adjs. Reptil′ian, belonging to reptiles; Reptilif′erous, producing reptiles; Reptil′iform, related to reptiles; Reptil′ious, like a reptile.—n. Reptil′ium, a place where reptiles are kept.—adjs. Reptiliv′orous, feeding upon reptiles; Rep′tiloid, reptile form.—Reptilian age (geol.), the Mesozoic age, during which reptiles attained great development. [Fr.,—L. reptilis—repĕre, to creep.]
Editors Contribution
reptile
A type of animal.
Types of reptiles include lizards, snakes and crocodiles.
Submitted by MaryC on March 25, 2017
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The numerical value of reptile in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of reptile in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of reptile in a Sentence
The egg belonged to an individual that was at least 23 feet long -- a giant marine reptile.
Once the species is identified, then a suitable location is found for the reptile.
Chicago PD spokesman Anthony Gugliemi:
State reptile specialists say it is between 4 and 5 feet long.
We believe that after the master sex gene on the sex chromosomes does its work, a cascade of gene regulatory processes (those governing development) is initiated leading to a male or a female hatchling reptile, for the most part, these regulatory processes are buffered in some way from varying temperatures in the nest, but only to a point. At high temperatures, the control of the master sex genes is eroded, and temperature brings in its influence.
There is a courageous wisdom; there is also a false, reptile prudence, the result not of caution but of fear.
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- reptielAfrikaans
- زَحّافَةArabic
- sürünənlər, sürünənAzerbaijani
- рэптылія, паўзунBelarusian
- влечугоBulgarian
- সরীসৃপBengali
- stlejvilBreton
- rèptilCatalan, Valencian
- plazCzech
- ymlusgiadWelsh
- krybdyrDanish
- Reptil, Wurm, KriechtierGerman
- ερπετόGreek
- reptiliojEsperanto
- reptilSpanish
- roomajadEstonian
- narrastiBasque
- خزندهPersian
- matelijaFinnish
- skriðdýr, skriðdjórFaroese
- reptileFrench
- reptylWestern Frisian
- reiptílIrish
- snàigean, pèistScottish Gaelic
- réptilGalician
- זוֹחֵלHebrew
- सरीसृप, सर्पणशीलHindi
- hüllőHungarian
- սողուն, զեռունArmenian
- reptilIndonesian
- repteroIdo
- skriðdýrIcelandic
- rettile, reptiliaItalian
- 爬虫類, 爬虫Japanese
- ქვეწარმავალიGeorgian
- бауырымен жорғалаушыларKazakh
- ល្មូន, ឧរង្គសត្វKhmer
- 파충류, 爬蟲, 파충, 爬蟲類Korean
- reptiliaLatin
- ReptilLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- reptieleLimburgish, Limburgan, Limburger
- ເລືອຄານLao
- roplysLithuanian
- rāpuļiLatvian
- влекачMacedonian
- ഉരഗംMalayalam
- सर्प्ट्णारा प्रािणMarathi
- binatang reptilia, haiwan reptilia, reptiliaMalay
- တွားသွားကောင်Burmese
- reptil, krypdyrNorwegian
- reptielDutch
- krypdyr, reptilNorwegian Nynorsk
- reptilNorwegian
- naaldlooshii dadichʼízhiiNavajo, Navaho
- reptiliaOccitan
- хилӕгойOssetian, Ossetic
- gadPolish
- réptilPortuguese
- suchuqQuechua
- reptilRomansh
- reptilăRomanian
- пресмыкающееся, рептилия, гадRussian
- гмизавац, gmizavac, гмаз, рептил, reptil, gmazSerbo-Croatian
- plazSlovak
- plazílecSlovene
- rrëshqanorAlbanian
- réptilSundanese
- reptilSwedish
- ஊர்வனTamil
- సరీసృపంTelugu
- рептилияTajik
- สัตว์เลื้อยคลานThai
- sürüngenTurkish
- плазун, рептиліяUkrainian
- động vật bò sátVietnamese
- hiräptulül, räptul, räptulül, jiräptul, jiräptulül, hiräptulVolapük
- רעפּטיליעס, שרצים, שרץ, רעפּטיליעYiddish
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