REPTILIA

Reptilia, class Reptilia

(noun) 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

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

reptilia

plural of reptilium

Anagrams

• liparite

Source: Wiktionary


Rep*til"i*a (rp-tl"-), n.pl. Etym: [NL.] (Zoöl.)

Definition: A class of air-breathing oviparous vertebrates, usually covered with scales or bony plates. The heart generally has two auricles and one ventricle. The development of the young is the same as that of birds.

Note: It is nearly related in many respects to Aves, or birds. The principal existing orders are Testidunata or Chelonia (turtles), Crocodilia, Lacertilla (lizards), Ophidia (serpents), and Rhynchocephala; the chief extinct orders are Dinosauria, Theremorpha, Mosasauria, Pterosauria, Plesiosauria, Ichtyosauria.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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