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Reptilia
(gcide) | Reptilia \Rep*til"i*a\ (r?p-t?l"?-?), n. pl. [NL.] (Zool.)
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.
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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.
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reptilia
(wn) | Reptilia
n 1: 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
[syn: Reptilia, class Reptilia] |
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class reptilia
(encz) | class Reptilia, n: |
reptilian
(encz) | reptilian,plazí Zdeněk Brož |
Reptilian
(gcide) | Reptilian \Rep*til"i*an\, n. (Zool.)
One of the Reptilia; a reptile.
[1913 Webster]Reptilian \Rep*til"i*an\ (-an), a.
Belonging to the reptiles.
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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.
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Reptilian age
(gcide) | Reptilian \Rep*til"i*an\ (-an), a.
Belonging to the reptiles.
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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.
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class reptilia
(wn) | class Reptilia
n 1: 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
[syn: Reptilia, class Reptilia] |
reptilia
(wn) | Reptilia
n 1: 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
[syn: Reptilia, class Reptilia] |
reptilian
(wn) | reptilian
adj 1: of or relating to the class Reptilia
n 1: any cold-blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia including
tortoises, turtles, snakes, lizards, alligators,
crocodiles, and extinct forms [syn: reptile, reptilian] |
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