reptilian
[rep-til-ee-uh n, -til-yuh n]
- belonging or pertaining to the Reptilia.
- groveling, debased, or despicable; contemptible.
- mean; treacherous; harmful.
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- a reptile.
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Origin of reptilian
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Contemporary Examples of reptilian
Still, Spacey endows Frank with a reptilian intelligence, a cunning that gives him an edge over everyone he encounters.
But when meets Nixon and they discuss football in the back of a limousine, he is able to humanize the reptilian president.
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Historical Examples of reptilian
"A reptilian sorcery," he whispered to Lockwood, and smiled.
Erik DornBen Hecht
They seemed now to have got into quite a reptilian paradise.
Off to the WildsGeorge Manville Fenn
Among their reptilian foes are black snakes and bull snakes.
Reptilian fossils are found in both the lignite and the intervening layers of rock.
North DakotaVarious
Concerning the reptilian pubis there are considerable difficulties.
The Vertebrate SkeletonSidney H. Reynolds
reptilian
- of, relating to, resembling, or characteristic of reptiles
- mean or treacherous; contemptiblereptilian behaviour
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- a less common name for reptile
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reptilian
[rĕp-tĭl′ē-ən]
- Relating to or characteristic of reptiles.
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