rep´tile|like´

rep´tile|like´
rep|tile «REHP tuhl, -tyl», noun, adjective.
–n.
1. a) any one of a class of cold-blooded animals with a backbone which breathe by means of lungs and usually have skin covered with horny plates or scales. Reptiles creep or crawl. Snakes, turtles, lizards, alligators, and crocodiles are reptiles. Reptiles were the dominant form of life during the Mesozoic. b) Informal. any creeping or crawling animal. c) Informal. an amphibian.
2. Figurative. a low, mean, despicable person.
–adj.
1. of or like a reptile; crawling; creeping.
2. Figurative. low; mean; venal: »

a reptile press.

╂[< Late Latin rēptile, (originally) neuter of rēptilis crawling < Latin rēpere to crawl]
–rep´tile|like´, adjective.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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