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Definition of reptile
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Reptile
(a.)
Creeping;
moving
on the
belly,
or by means of small and short
legs..
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Labial
::
Labial
(n.) One of the
scales
which
border
the mouth of a fish or
reptile.
Serpent
::
Serpent
(n.) Any
reptile
of the order
Ophidia;
a
snake,
especially
a large
snake.
See
Illust.
under
Ophidia..
Eosaurus
::
Eosaurus
(n.) An
extinct
marine
reptile
from the coal
measures
of Nova
Scotia;
-- so named
because
supposed
to be of the
earliest
known
reptiles.
Dinosauria
::
Dinosauria
(n. pl.) An order of
extinct
mesozoic
reptiles,
mostly
of large size
(whence
the
name).
Notwithstanding
their size, they
present
birdlike
characters
in the
skeleton,
esp. in the
pelvis
and hind
limbs.
Some
walked
on their
three-toed
hind feet, thus
producing
the large bird
tracks,
so-called,
of
mesozoic
sandstones;
others
were
five-toed
and
quadrupedal.
See
Illust.
of
Compsognathus,
also
Illustration
of
Dinosaur
in
Appendix..
Theriodontia
::
Theriodontia
(n. pl.) An
extinct
order of
reptiles
found in the
Permian
and
Triassic
formations
in South
Africa.
In some
respects
they
resembled
carnivorous
mammals.
Called
also
Theromorpha.
Lepidosauria
::
Lepidosauria
(n. pl.) A
division
of
reptiles,
including
the
serpents
and
lizards;
the
Plagiotremata..
Ovoviviparous
::
Ovoviviparous
(a.)
Oviparous,
but
hatching
the egg while it is
within
the body, as some
fishes
and
reptiles..
Mosasaurus
::
Mosasaurus
(n.) A genus of
extinct
marine
reptiles
allied
to the
lizards,
but
having
the body much
elongated,
and the limbs in the form of
paddles.
The first known
species,
nearly
fifty feet in
length,
was
discovered
in
Cretaceous
beds near
Maestricht,
in the
Netherlands..
Septomaxillary
::
Septomaxillary
(n.) A small bone
between
the nasal
septum
and the
maxilla
in many
reptiles
and
amphibians.
Chelonia
::
Chelonia
(n. pl.) An order of
reptiles,
including
the
tortoises
and
turtles,
peculiar
in
having
a part of the
vertebrae,
ribs, and
sternum
united
with the
dermal
plates
so as to form a firm
shell.
The jaws are
covered
by a horny beak. See
Reptilia;
also,
Illust.
in
Appendix..
Dicynodont
::
Dicynodont
(n.) One of a group of
extinct
reptiles
having
the jaws armed with a horny beak, as in
turtles,
and in the genus
Dicynodon,
supporting
also a pair of
powerful
tusks.
Their
remains
are found in
triassic
strata
of South
Africa
and
India..
Herpetotomist
::
Herpetotomist
(n.) One who
dissects,
or
studies
the
anatomy
of,
reptiles..
Exoskeleton
::
Exoskeleton
(n.) The
hardened
parts of the
external
integument
of an
animal,
including
hair,
feathers,
nails,
horns,
scales,
etc.,as
well as the armor of
armadillos
and many
reptiles,
and the
shells
or
hardened
integument
of
numerous
invertebrates;
external
skeleton;
dermoskeleton..
Proterosaurus
::
Proterosaurus
(n.) An
extinct
genus of
reptiles
of the
Permian
period.
Called
also
Protosaurus.
Transpalatine
::
Transpalatine
(a.)
Situated
beyond
or
outside
the
palatine
bone; -- said of a bone in the skull of some
reptiles.
Wattle
::
Wattle
(n.) A naked
fleshy,
and
usually
wrinkled
and
highly
colored,
process
of the skin
hanging
from the chin or
throat
of a bird or
reptile..
Cucullated
::
Cucullated
(a.)
Having
a
hoodlike
crest on the head, as
certain
birds,
mammals,
and
reptiles..
Precoracoid
::
Precoracoid
(n.) The
anterior
part of the
coracoid
(often
closely
united
with the
clavicle)
in the
shoulder
girdle
of many
reptiles
and
amphibians.
Reptile
::
Reptile
(n.) An
animal
that
crawls,
or moves on its
belly,
as
snakes,,
or by means of
small,
short legs, as
lizards,
and the
like..
Creep
::
Creep (v. t.) To move along the
ground,
or on any other
surface,
on the
belly,
as a worm or
reptile;
to move as a child on the hands and
knees;
to
crawl..
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