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• 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,… …   Useful english dictionary

• 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,… …   Useful english dictionary

• tile — bis·sex·tile; cas·tile; cen·tile; chrys·o·tile; coc·tile; co·le·op·tile; duc·tile; duc·tile·ly; erec·tile; ex·sec·tile; ex·ser·tile; fer·tile; fer·tile·ly; fer·tile·ness; flu·vi·a·tile; fu·tile; hos·tile·ly; hos·tile·ness; in·fan·tile; len·tile;… …   English syllables

• rep — demi·rep; di·rep·tion; ir·rep·tion; ir·rep·ti·tious; ob·rep·tion; ob·rep·ti·tious; pro·rep·til·ia; rep·a·ra·ble; rep·a·ra·tion; rep·er·to·ri·al; rep·er·to·ri·um; rep·er·to·ry; rep·e·tend; rep·e·ti·tion; rep·e·ti·tion·al; rep·e·ti·tious;… …   English syllables

• reptile — rep·tile …   English syllables

• reptile — rep•tile [[t]ˈrɛp tɪl, taɪl[/t]] n. 1) ram any air breathing vertebrate of the class Reptilia, characterized by a three chambered heart, a completely bony skeleton, and a covering of dry scales or horny plates: includes the snakes, lizards,… …   From formal English to slang

• reptile — rep·tile (repґtīl) any member of the class Reptilia …   Medical dictionary

• reptile — rep|tile [ˈreptaıl US ˈreptl] n [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: Late Latin reptilis creeping , from Latin repere to creep ] 1.) a type of animal, such as a snake or ↑lizard, whose body temperature changes according to the temperature… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• reptile — rep|tile [ reptıl ] noun count * 1. ) a type of animal that lays eggs and whose body is covered in SCALES (=flat hard pieces of skin). Snakes and CROCODILES are reptiles. 2. ) OFFENSIVE an insulting word for someone you do not like and do not… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• reptilelike — rep·tile·like …   English syllables