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Definition of reptilian in English: reptilianadjective rɛpˈtɪlɪənrɛpˈtɪljən 1Relating to or characteristic of reptiles. the reptilian ancestors of mammals Example sentencesExamples - Dehydration can cause serious health problems in any reptilian species.
- Vertebrate animals (mammals, birds, theropod dinosaurs) develop larger brains then their earlier reptilian ancestors.
- Still had true socketed teeth, a reptilian trait.
- At the time, paleontologists were stuck in a reptilian perspective on dinosaurs.
- Figure 16 pictures a three-headed reptilian bird chasing a hunter who is armed with a gun.
- The reptilian scale has absolutely nothing to do with follicles.
- Two of the bones found in the reptilian jaw are nearly identical to two of the bones in the mammalian inner ear.
- Although old drawings of Tyrannosaurus rex give the beast an almost erect stance and a long reptilian tail, which dragged on the ground.
- Turtles and iguanas are the most common reptilian sources of the infection.
- Enormous temporal fossae for very strong jaw muscles, formed by just one of the reptilian jaw muscles, which has now become the mammalian masseter.
- Therefore, it had nothing to do with demonstrating how the genetic information coding for feathers could have arisen in the imagined reptilian ancestors of birds.
- At our study site, the predator guild includes avian, mammalian, and reptilian species.
- Autumn has arrived and with the cooler weather our amphibian and reptilian friends will be looking for somewhere to call home over the winter.
- You have to admit that there's something fascinating about dinosaurs, those lumbering reptilian giants of a bygone age.
- Mammals, as we have learned to expect, employ a bizarre and pointlessly complicated variation on the straightforward and logical reptilian plan.
- Like all reflexes, the startle reflects activity of the brain stem, the most primitive, reptilian part of the brain.
- This is a sequence of fossils which shows in great detail how the mammalian inner ear bones evolved from similar bones in the reptilian jaw.
- Named after their spotted coats and fearsome jaws, leopard seals have large, reptilian heads and streamlined bodies.
- Let us consider first the simpler explanation of a series of morphological evolutionary changes in the evolution of avian feathers from reptilian scales.
- In proportion to body size, mammals have brains about ten times the size of reptilian brains.
Synonyms reptile cold-blooded saurian, ophidian, crocodilian technical poikilothermic rare reptiloid, reptiliform, reptant, repent unpleasant, distasteful, nasty, disagreeable, unappealing, unattractive, off-putting, horrible, horrid unctuous, ingratiating, fulsome, oily, oleaginous untrustworthy, devious, sly, underhand, crafty informal smarmy, slimy, creepy, sneaky 2(of a person) deeply disliked and despised; repulsive. a reptilian villain with no redeeming features Example sentencesExamples - Nick Stahl does a good job portraying Bobby as a vicious, detestable bully (with perhaps just a hint of reptilian charisma).
- But here he distils horror by showing it in slow passage through the ageing, reptilian contours of Michael Caine's face.
- Boyle is Sidney Greenstreet - ish, minus the reptilian glamour.
- He can feel Martin out there waiting his time with the cold reptilian patience of the perfect agent.
- The script called for her to be sympathetic, in spite of his reptilian appearance.
- Judge Dave Ryan is also a friend to children; however, he can't fly, and he lacks a hard, reptilian protective shell.
- That is, the mechanism that should concern us is our own reptilian nature.
- Mr. Chen laughed in his quiet, reptilian way.
- Sincere roles are not only out of character for Jim Carey, they are entirely alien to his reptilian nature.
- In fact, a lot of those B players are still around today - the reptilian Richard Perle for example.
- Her blue eyes, entirely void of make up, gave her face a strange, reptilian look.
noun rɛpˈtɪlɪənrɛpˈtɪljən An animal belonging to the class Reptilia; a reptile.
Rhymes Abbevillian, Azilian, Brazilian, caecilian, Castilian, Chilean, Churchillian, civilian, cotillion, crocodilian, epyllion, Gillian, Lilian, Maximilian, Pamphylian, pavilion, postilion, Quintilian, Sicilian, Tamilian, vaudevillian, vermilion, Virgilian Definition of reptilian in US English: reptilianadjectiverepˈtilyənrɛpˈtɪljən 1Relating to or characteristic of reptiles. the reptilian ancestors of mammals Example sentencesExamples - Although old drawings of Tyrannosaurus rex give the beast an almost erect stance and a long reptilian tail, which dragged on the ground.
- At our study site, the predator guild includes avian, mammalian, and reptilian species.
- Vertebrate animals (mammals, birds, theropod dinosaurs) develop larger brains then their earlier reptilian ancestors.
- Let us consider first the simpler explanation of a series of morphological evolutionary changes in the evolution of avian feathers from reptilian scales.
- Two of the bones found in the reptilian jaw are nearly identical to two of the bones in the mammalian inner ear.
- This is a sequence of fossils which shows in great detail how the mammalian inner ear bones evolved from similar bones in the reptilian jaw.
- Figure 16 pictures a three-headed reptilian bird chasing a hunter who is armed with a gun.
- Enormous temporal fossae for very strong jaw muscles, formed by just one of the reptilian jaw muscles, which has now become the mammalian masseter.
- Turtles and iguanas are the most common reptilian sources of the infection.
- Autumn has arrived and with the cooler weather our amphibian and reptilian friends will be looking for somewhere to call home over the winter.
- Therefore, it had nothing to do with demonstrating how the genetic information coding for feathers could have arisen in the imagined reptilian ancestors of birds.
- Like all reflexes, the startle reflects activity of the brain stem, the most primitive, reptilian part of the brain.
- Dehydration can cause serious health problems in any reptilian species.
- At the time, paleontologists were stuck in a reptilian perspective on dinosaurs.
- You have to admit that there's something fascinating about dinosaurs, those lumbering reptilian giants of a bygone age.
- In proportion to body size, mammals have brains about ten times the size of reptilian brains.
- Still had true socketed teeth, a reptilian trait.
- Mammals, as we have learned to expect, employ a bizarre and pointlessly complicated variation on the straightforward and logical reptilian plan.
- The reptilian scale has absolutely nothing to do with follicles.
- Named after their spotted coats and fearsome jaws, leopard seals have large, reptilian heads and streamlined bodies.
Synonyms reptile unpleasant, distasteful, nasty, disagreeable, unappealing, unattractive, off-putting, horrible, horrid 2(of a person) deeply disliked and despised; repulsive. a reptilian villain with no redeeming features Example sentencesExamples - In fact, a lot of those B players are still around today - the reptilian Richard Perle for example.
- He can feel Martin out there waiting his time with the cold reptilian patience of the perfect agent.
- Judge Dave Ryan is also a friend to children; however, he can't fly, and he lacks a hard, reptilian protective shell.
- Boyle is Sidney Greenstreet - ish, minus the reptilian glamour.
- Mr. Chen laughed in his quiet, reptilian way.
- But here he distils horror by showing it in slow passage through the ageing, reptilian contours of Michael Caine's face.
- Sincere roles are not only out of character for Jim Carey, they are entirely alien to his reptilian nature.
- Nick Stahl does a good job portraying Bobby as a vicious, detestable bully (with perhaps just a hint of reptilian charisma).
- The script called for her to be sympathetic, in spite of his reptilian appearance.
- That is, the mechanism that should concern us is our own reptilian nature.
- Her blue eyes, entirely void of make up, gave her face a strange, reptilian look.
nounrepˈtilyənrɛpˈtɪljən An animal belonging to the class Reptilia; a reptile. |