| Pronunciation: | | rep'tileeun
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| Matching Terms: | | reptilia
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- [n] any cold-blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia including tortoises turtles snakes lizards alligators crocodiles and extinct forms
- [adj] of or relating to the class Reptilia
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| | Synonyms: | | reptile |
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| | See Also: | | anapsid, anapsid reptile, class Reptilia, craniate, diapsid, diapsid reptile, Diapsida, Reptilia, subclass Diapsida, synapsid, synapsid reptile, vertebrate |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Rep*til"i*an\ (-an), a.
Belonging to the reptiles.
{Reptilian age} (Geol.), that part of geological time
comprising the Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous periods,
and distinguished as that era in which the class of
reptiles attained its highest expansion; -- called also
the {Secondary} or {Mezozoic} age.
\Rep*til"i*an\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
One of the Reptilia; a reptile.
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