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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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