reptile
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
reptile/ˈreptʌɪl/
▶noun
- 1 a cold-blooded vertebrate animal of a class (Reptilia) that includes snakes, lizards, crocodiles, turtles, and tortoises, typically having a dry scaly skin and laying soft-shelled eggs on land.
- 2 informal a person regarded with loathing and contempt.
– derivatives
reptilian adjective & noun.
reptilian adjective & noun.
– origin ME: from late L., neut. of reptilis, from L. rept-, repere ‘crawl’.
'reptile' also found in these Oxford entries:
adder
- agama
- alligator
- alligator lizard
- alligator snapper
- amnion
- amniote
- amphibian
- amphiuma
- anaconda
- animal
- anole
- anuran
- archosaur
- asp
- axolotl
- basilisk
- batrachian
- bearded dragon
- blind snake
- blindworm
- boa
- boomslang
- box turtle
- bullfrog
- bull snake
- bushmaster
- caecilian
- caiman
- cane toad
- cayman
- chamaeleon
- chameleon
- chorion
- coachwhip
- cobra
- coecilian
- colubrid
- constrictor
- cooter
- copperhead
- coral snake
- corn snake
- cottonmouth
- cribo
- crocodile
- crocodilian
- cynodont
- death adder
- diamondback
