| 单词 | reptilian |
| 释义 | reptilian (once / 18184 pages) adjn Use the adjective reptilian to describe a reptile: your pet iguana, while also sweet and possibly cuddly, is definitely reptilian. Crocodiles, lizards, and turtles are all reptiles, and you can therefore describe all of them as reptilian. A reptilian animal is not a mammal or a bird, and it is most likely cold-blooded and egg laying. You can also use the word reptilian to describe something — or someone — that reminds you of a reptile. The Latin root is reptilis, which means "creeping or crawling." WORD FAMILYreptilian: reptilians+/reptile: reptiles, reptilian USAGE EXAMPLES“These conflicts tap into our reptilian brain,” said Brad Heckman, a conflict resolution specialist and chief executive of the New York Peace Institute. New York Times(Dec 16, 2016) A painting of a tightly framed, gaudily made-up eye has an undeniable reptilian mien in its carefully detailed sheen and wrinkles. New York Times(Nov 10, 2016) Neutron, in fact, is just one among many of the reptilian participants in a substantial, and neglected, history of turtles in experimental music. New York Times(Nov 08, 2016) 1adj of or relating to the class Reptilia 2n any cold-blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia including tortoises, turtles, snakes, lizards, alligators, crocodiles, and extinct forms Syn|Hypo|Hyper reptile anapsid, anapsid reptile primitive reptile having no opening in the temporal region of the skull; all extinct except turtles diapsid, diapsid reptilereptile having a pair of openings in the skull behind each eye Diapsida, subclass Diapsidaused in former classifications to include all living reptiles except turtles; superseded by the two subclasses Lepidosauria and Archosauria synapsid, synapsid reptileextinct reptile having a single pair of lateral temporal openings in the skull chelonian, chelonian reptilea reptile of the order Chelonia Sphenodon punctatum, tuataraonly extant member of the order Rhynchocephalia of large spiny lizard-like diapsid reptiles of coastal islands off New Zealand saurianany of various reptiles of the suborder Sauria which includes lizards; in former classifications included also the crocodiles and dinosaurs archosaur, archosaurian, archosaurian reptileextinct reptiles including: dinosaurs; plesiosaurs; pterosaurs; ichthyosaurs; thecodonts crocodilian, crocodilian reptileextant archosaurian reptile protomammal, therapsidprobably warm-blooded; considered direct ancestor of mammals ictodosaurintermediate in form between the therapsids and most primitive true mammals pelycosaurlarge primitive reptile having a tall spinal sail; of the Permian or late Paleozoic in Europe and North America edaphosaurusheavy-bodied reptile with a dorsal sail or crest; of the late Paleozoic dimetrodoncarnivorous dinosaur of the Permian in North America having a crest or dorsal sail ophidian, serpent, snakelimbless scaly elongate reptile; some are venomous craniate, vertebrate animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium |
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