reptile

  • 51reptile — rep|tile [ˈreptaıl US ˈreptl] n [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: Late Latin reptilis creeping , from Latin repere to creep ] 1.) a type of animal, such as a snake or ↑lizard, whose body temperature changes according to the temperature… …

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  • 52reptile — rep|tile [ reptıl ] noun count * 1. ) a type of animal that lays eggs and whose body is covered in SCALES (=flat hard pieces of skin). Snakes and CROCODILES are reptiles. 2. ) OFFENSIVE an insulting word for someone you do not like and do not… …

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  • 53reptile — [[t]re̱ptaɪl, AM tɪl[/t]] reptiles N COUNT Reptiles are a group of cold blooded animals which have skins covered with small hard plates called scales and lay eggs. Snakes, lizards, and crocodiles are reptiles …

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  • 54reptile — rep·tile || reptl / taɪl n. (Zoology) any cold blooded animal from the class Reptilia (such as snakes, lizards, etc.); despicable person, base person; any animal which creeps or crawls …

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  • 55reptile — perlite …

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  • 56reptile — noun 1》 a cold blooded vertebrate animal of a class (Reptilia) that includes snakes, lizards, crocodiles, turtles, and tortoises, typically having a dry scaly skin and laying soft shelled eggs on land. 2》 informal a person regarded with loathing… …

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  • 57reptile — a. 1. Creeping, crawling. 2. Grovelling, mean, vile, low, vulgar …

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  • 58reptile — rep·tile …

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  • 59reptile — [ˈrepˌtaɪl] noun [C] a type of animal such as a snake or LIZARD that lays eggs, and whose body is covered in SCALES (= flat hard pieces of skin) reptilian [repˈtɪliən] adj …

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  • 60reptile — /ˈrɛptaɪl / (say reptuyl) noun 1. any of the Reptilia, a class of cold blooded vertebrates, including the lizards, snakes, turtles, alligators, and rhynchocephalians, together with various extinct types. 2. any of various creeping or crawling… …