单词 | reptile |
释义 | reptile[ rep-til, -tahyl ] / ˈrɛp tɪl, -taɪl / SEE SYNONYMS FOR reptile ON THESAURUS.COM nounany cold-blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia, comprising the turtles, snakes, lizards, crocodilians, amphisbaenians, tuatara, and various extinct members including the dinosaurs. (loosely) any of various animals that crawl or creep. a groveling, mean, or despicable person. adjectiveof or resembling a reptile; creeping or crawling. groveling, mean, or despicable. Origin of reptile1350–1400; Middle English reptil<Late Latin rēptile, noun use of neuter of rēptilis creeping, equivalent to Latin rēpt(us) (past participle of rēpere to creep) + -ilis-ile OTHER WORDS FROM reptilerep·tile·like, adjectiverep·ti·loid [rep-tl-oid], /ˈrɛp tlˌɔɪd/, adjectiveWords nearby reptilereprovable, reproval, reprove, rept., reptant, reptile, reptiles, Reptilia, reptilian, reptilium, Repton Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for reptileBritish Dictionary definitions for reptilereptile / (ˈrɛptaɪl) / nounany of the cold-blooded vertebrates constituting the class Reptilia, characterized by lungs, an outer covering of horny scales or plates, and young produced in amniotic eggs. The class today includes the tortoises, turtles, snakes, lizards, and crocodiles; in Mesozoic times it was the dominant group, containing the dinosaurs and related forms a grovelling insignificant personyou miserable little reptile! adjectivecreeping, crawling, or squirming grovelling or insignificant; mean; contemptible Word Origin for reptileC14: from Late Latin reptilis creeping, from Latin rēpere to crawl Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Scientific definitions for reptilereptile [ rĕp′tīl′ ] Any of various cold-blooded vertebrates of the class Reptilia, having skin covered with scales or horny plates, breathing air with lungs, and usually having a three-chambered heart. Unlike amphibians, whose eggs are fertilized outside the female body, reptiles reproduce by eggs that are fertilized inside the female. Though once varied, widespread, and numerous, reptilian lineages, including the pterosaurs, ichthyosaurs, plesiosaurs, and dinosaurs, have mostly become extinct (though birds are living descendants of dinosaurs). The earliest reptiles were the cotylosaurs (or stem reptiles) of the late Mississippian or early Pennsylvanian Period, from which mammals evolved. Modern reptiles include crocodiles, snakes, turtles, and lizards. The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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