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reptilia
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun reptilia has 1 sense
- reptilia(n = noun.animal) class reptilia - class of cold-blooded air-breathing vertebrates with completely ossified skeleton and a body usually covered with scales or horny plates; once the dominant land animals; Array is a member of craniata, subphylum craniata, subphylum vertebrata, vertebrata
is a kind of class
Derived form adjective reptilian1
CIDE DICTIONARY
reptilia, n. pl. [NL.].
A class of air-breathing oviparous vertebrates, usually covered with scales or bony plates. The heart generally has two auricles and one ventricle. The development of the young is the same as that of birds. [1913 Webster]
" It is nearly related in many respects to Aves, or birds. The principal existing orders are Testidunata or Chelonia (turtles), Crocodilia , Lacertilla (lizards), Ophidia (serpents), and Rhynchocephala ; the chief extinct orders are Dinosauria , Theremorpha , Mosasauria , Pterosauria , Plesiosauria , Ichtyosauria ."
[1913 Webster]
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