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- Reptile - a. - Creeping; moving on the belly, or by means of small and short legs.
- Reptile - a. - Hence: Groveling; low; vulgar; as, a reptile race or crew; reptile vices.
- Reptile - n. - An animal that crawls, or moves on its belly, as snakes,, or by means of small, short legs, as lizards, and the like.
- Reptile - n. - One of the Reptilia, or one of the Amphibia.
- Reptile - n. - A groveling or very mean person.
- Procoelian - n. - A reptile having procoelian vertebrae; one of the Procoelia.
- Eosaurus - n. - An extinct marine reptile from the coal measures of Nova Scotia; -- so named because supposed to be of the earliest known reptiles.
- Crocodile - n. - A large reptile of the genus Crocodilus, of several species. They grow to the length of sixteen or eighteen feet, and inhabit the large rivers of Africa, Asia, and America. The eggs, laid in the sand, are hatched by the sun's heat. The best known species is that of the Nile (C. vulgaris, or C. Niloticus). The Florida crocodile (C. Americanus) is much less common than the alligator and has longer jaws. The name is also sometimes applied to the species of other related genera, as the gavial and the alligator.
- Chameleon - n. - A lizardlike reptile of the genus Chamaeleo, of several species, found in Africa, Asia, and Europe. The skin is covered with fine granulations; the tail is prehensile, and the body is much compressed laterally, giving it a high back.
- Scute - n. - A bony scale of a reptile or fish; a large horny scale on the leg of a bird, or on the belly of a snake.
- Alligator - n. - A large carnivorous reptile of the Crocodile family, peculiar to America. It has a shorter and broader snout than the crocodile, and the large teeth of the lower jaw shut into pits in the upper jaw, which has no marginal notches. Besides the common species of the southern United States, there are allied species in South America.
- Serpent - n. - Any reptile of the order Ophidia; a snake, especially a large snake. See Illust. under Ophidia.
- Rhizodont - n. - A reptile whose teeth are rooted in sockets, as the crocodile.
- Reptile - a. - Hence: Groveling; low; vulgar; as, a reptile race or crew; reptile vices.
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- G2062 ἑρπετόν - 2062 ἑρπετόν - ἙΡΠΕΤΌΝ - - herpetón - her-pet-on' - neuter of a derivative of (to creep); a reptile, i.e. (by Hebraism (compare רֶמֶשׂ)) a small animal:--creeping thing, serpent. - Noun Neuter - greek
- H7431 רֶמֶשׂ - 7431 רֶמֶשׂ - רֶמֶשׂ - - remes - reh'-mes - from רָמַשׂ; a reptile or any other rapidly moving animal; that creepeth, creeping (moving) thing. - Noun Masculine - heb