REPTILIAN

reptilian

(adjective) of or relating to the class Reptilia

reptile, reptilian

(noun) any cold-blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia including tortoises, turtles, snakes, lizards, alligators, crocodiles, and extinct forms

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

reptilian (comparative more reptilian, superlative most reptilian)

(zoology) Of or relating to the members of the class Reptilia.

Reptilelike.

(figuratively) Unthinking, low, base, contemptible.

(figuratively) Cold-blooded, treacherous, unavoidably selfish and hostile.

Synonyms

• (or or relating to members of Reptilia): reptilious; reptitious (obsolete)

• (like a reptile): See reptilelike

• (contemptible): See despicable

• (cold-blooded): See cold-blooded

Noun

reptilian (plural reptilians)

A reptilian animal: a reptile.

(figuratively) A reptilian person, especially (racial slur) a Jew.

(science fiction) A reptilian alien, especially (ufology, often capitalized) of a shapeshifting race purported to secretly control the world.

Anagrams

• Tiplerian, patriline

Source: Wiktionary


Rep*til"i*an (-an), a.

Definition: 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. (Zoöl.)

Definition: One of the Reptilia; a reptile.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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