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reptile
(encz) | reptile,plaz n: Milan Svoboda |
Reptile
(gcide) | Reptile \Rep"tile\ (r?p"t?l;277), a. [F. reptile, L. reptilis,
fr. repere, reptum, to creep; cf. Lith. reploti; perh. akin
to L. serpere. Cf. Serpent.]
1. Creeping; moving on the belly, or by means of small and
short legs.
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2. Hence: Groveling; low; vulgar; as, a reptile race or crew;
reptile vices.
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There is also a false, reptile prudence, the result
not of caution, but of fear. --Burke.
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And dislodge their reptile souls
From the bodies and forms of men. --Coleridge.
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Reptile
(gcide) | Reptile \Rep"tile\, n.
1. (Zool.) An animal that crawls, or moves on its belly, as
snakes,, or by means of small, short legs, as lizards, and
the like.
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An inadvertent step may crush the snail
That crawls at evening in the public path;
But he that has humanity, forewarned,
Will tread aside, and let the reptile live.
--Cowper.
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2. (Zool.) One of the Reptilia, or one of the Amphibia.
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Note: The amphibians were formerly classed with Reptilia, and
are still popularly called reptiles, though much more
closely allied to the fishes.
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3. A groveling or very mean person.
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reptile
(wn) | reptile
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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chelonian reptile
(encz) | chelonian reptile, n: |
crocodilian reptile
(encz) | crocodilian reptile, n: |
diapsid reptile
(encz) | diapsid reptile, n: |
flying reptile
(encz) | flying reptile, n: |
reptile family
(encz) | reptile family, n: |
reptile genus
(encz) | reptile genus, n: |
reptiles
(encz) | reptiles,plazi n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
synapsid reptile
(encz) | synapsid reptile, n: |
thecodont reptile
(encz) | thecodont reptile, n: |
Reptile
(gcide) | Reptile \Rep"tile\ (r?p"t?l;277), a. [F. reptile, L. reptilis,
fr. repere, reptum, to creep; cf. Lith. reploti; perh. akin
to L. serpere. Cf. Serpent.]
1. Creeping; moving on the belly, or by means of small and
short legs.
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2. Hence: Groveling; low; vulgar; as, a reptile race or crew;
reptile vices.
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There is also a false, reptile prudence, the result
not of caution, but of fear. --Burke.
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And dislodge their reptile souls
From the bodies and forms of men. --Coleridge.
[1913 Webster]Reptile \Rep"tile\, n.
1. (Zool.) An animal that crawls, or moves on its belly, as
snakes,, or by means of small, short legs, as lizards, and
the like.
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An inadvertent step may crush the snail
That crawls at evening in the public path;
But he that has humanity, forewarned,
Will tread aside, and let the reptile live.
--Cowper.
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2. (Zool.) One of the Reptilia, or one of the Amphibia.
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Note: The amphibians were formerly classed with Reptilia, and
are still popularly called reptiles, though much more
closely allied to the fishes.
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3. A groveling or very mean person.
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age of reptiles
(wn) | Age of Reptiles
n 1: from 230 million to 63 million years ago [syn: Mesozoic,
Mesozoic era, Age of Reptiles] |
anapsid reptile
(wn) | anapsid reptile
n 1: primitive reptile having no opening in the temporal region
of the skull; all extinct except turtles [syn: anapsid,
anapsid reptile] [ant: diapsid, diapsid reptile] |
archosaurian reptile
(wn) | archosaurian reptile
n 1: extinct reptiles including: dinosaurs; plesiosaurs;
pterosaurs; ichthyosaurs; thecodonts [syn: archosaur,
archosaurian, archosaurian reptile] |
chelonian reptile
(wn) | chelonian reptile
n 1: a reptile of the order Chelonia [syn: chelonian,
chelonian reptile] |
crocodilian reptile
(wn) | crocodilian reptile
n 1: extant archosaurian reptile [syn: crocodilian reptile,
crocodilian] |
diapsid reptile
(wn) | diapsid reptile
n 1: reptile having a pair of openings in the skull behind each
eye [syn: diapsid, diapsid reptile] [ant: anapsid,
anapsid reptile] |
flying reptile
(wn) | flying reptile
n 1: an extinct reptile of the Jurassic and Cretaceous having a
bird-like beak and membranous wings supported by the very
long fourth digit of each forelimb [syn: pterosaur,
flying reptile] |
reptile family
(wn) | reptile family
n 1: a family of reptiles |
reptile genus
(wn) | reptile genus
n 1: a genus of reptiles |
synapsid reptile
(wn) | synapsid reptile
n 1: extinct reptile having a single pair of lateral temporal
openings in the skull [syn: synapsid, synapsid reptile] |
thecodont reptile
(wn) | thecodont reptile
n 1: presumably in the common ancestral line to dinosaurs and
crocodiles and birds [syn: thecodont, {thecodont
reptile}] |
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