† reptatoryadj.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin reptāt- , reptāre , -ory suffix².

Etymology: < classical Latin reptāt-, past participial stem of reptāre to creep (see reptant adj.) + -ory suffix². Compare reptant adj., reptitious adj.

Zoology. Obsolete. rare.

Creeping, crawling. Cf. reptant adj. 2.

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1854 W. I. Burnett tr. C. T. E. von Siebold & H. Stannius Compar. Anat. I. vi. 132 Intestinal canal dendritically ramified; œsophagus completely protractile; locomotion reptatory [Ger. kriechend].

1859 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) Reptatorius, having the character of reptation, as the movements of certain Oscillaria: reptatory.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	reptatory
释义	† reptatoryadj. Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin reptāt- , reptāre , -ory suffix². Etymology: < classical Latin reptāt-, past participial stem of reptāre to creep (see reptant adj.) + -ory suffix². Compare reptant adj., reptitious adj. Zoology. Obsolete. rare. Creeping, crawling. Cf. reptant adj. 2. ΚΠ 1854 W. I. Burnett tr. C. T. E. von Siebold & H. Stannius Compar. Anat. I. vi. 132 Intestinal canal dendritically ramified; œsophagus completely protractile; locomotion reptatory [Ger. kriechend]. 1859 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) Reptatorius, having the character of reptation, as the movements of certain Oscillaria: reptatory. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1854
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