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‖ Reptilia Zool.|rɛpˈtɪlɪə|
[L., pl. of reptile reptile n.1]
pl. Those animals which creep or crawl; spec. in mod. use, that class of vertebrate animals which includes the snakes, lizards, crocodiles, turtles and tortoises.
1627–77Feltham Resolves i. lxxxviii. 137 The Beasts, Fishes, and the reptilia, which are of grosser composition. 1660R. Crane Strict Acc. Bab. Merch. 9 Like the Insects, and the Reptilia of the Earth. 1835–6Todd's Cycl. Anat. I. 90/2 These characters, by many of which the amphibia are distinguished from the reptilia [etc.]. 1878Bell Gegenbaur's Comp. Anat. 415 In the Reptilia indications of the vertical dermal fringe can sometimes be just made out. |