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Reptilia — noun 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: ↑class Reptilia • Derivationally related forms: ↑reptilian •… … Useful english dictionary
reptilia — noun (Animals of the class Reptilia) … Wiktionary
Reptilia — Rep*til i*a (r?p t?l ? ?), n. pl. [NL.] (Zo[ o]l.) 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Reptilia — A class of vertebrates comprising the alligators, crocodiles, lizards, turtles, tortoises, and snakes. [L. reptilis, ntr. e, creeping; ntr. as n., reptile] * * * Rep·til·ia (rep tilґe ə) a class of aquatic or terrestrial, cold blooded… … Medical dictionary
Reptilia — /rep til ee euh/, n. the class comprising the reptiles. [1620 30; < NL; see REPTILIAN] * * * … Universalium
Reptilia — n. class of the reptiles (Zoology) … English contemporary dictionary
reptile — reptilelike, adj. reptiloid /rep tl oyd /, adj. /rep til, tuyl/, n. 1. any cold blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia, comprising the turtles, snakes, lizards, crocodilians, amphisbaenians, tuatara, and various extinct members including the… … Universalium
Reptile — Taxobox fossil range = Carboniferous Recent name = Reptiles image width = 251px image caption = A Rhinoceros Iguana, Cyclura cornuta regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata subphylum = Vertebrata classis = Reptilia classis authority = Laurenti, 1768… … Wikipedia
vertebrate — /verr teuh brit, brayt /, adj. 1. having vertebrae; having a backbone or spinal column. 2. belonging or pertaining to the Vertebrata (or Craniata), a subphylum of chordate animals, comprising those having a brain enclosed in a skull or cranium… … Universalium
Painted turtle — This article is about the North American turtle. For the summer camp, see The Painted Turtle. Painted turtle Temporal range: 15–0 Ma … Wikipedia
