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Herpetotomist :: Herpetotomist (n.) One who dissects, or studies the anatomy of, reptiles..

Lepidosauria :: Lepidosauria (n. pl.) A division of reptiles, including the serpents and lizards; the Plagiotremata..

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..

Septomaxillary :: Septomaxillary (n.) A small bone between the nasal septum and the maxilla in many reptiles and amphibians.

Urine :: Urine (n.) In mammals, a fluid excretion from the kidneys; in birds and reptiles, a solid or semisolid excretion..

Elasmosaurus :: Elasmosaurus (n.) An extinct, long-necked, marine, cretaceous reptile from Kansas, allied to Plesiosaurus..

Mosasauria :: Mosasauria (n. pl.) An order of large, extinct, marine reptiles, found in the Cretaceous rocks, especially in America. They were serpentlike in form and in having loosely articulated and dilatable jaws, with large recurved tteth, but they had paddlelike feet. Some of them were over fifty feet long. They are, essentially, fossil sea serpents with paddles. Called also Pythonomarpha, and Mosasauria..

Herpetotomy :: Herpetotomy (n.) The anatomy or dissection of reptiles.

Loral :: Loral (a.) Of or pertaining to the lore; -- said of certain feathers of birds, scales of reptiles, etc..

Suchwise :: Suchospondylous (a.) Having dorsal vertebrae with long and divided transverse processes; -- applied to certain reptiles.

Articulary :: Articulary (n.) A bone in the base of the lower jaw of many birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes..

Reptile :: Reptile (n.) One of the Reptilia, or one of the Amphibia..

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..

Cheirotherium :: Cheirotherium (n.) A genus of extinct animals, so named from fossil footprints rudely resembling impressions of the human hand, and believed to have been made by labyrinthodont reptiles. See Illustration in Appendix..

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..

Monocondyla :: Monocondyla (n. pl.) A group of vertebrates, including the birds and reptiles, or those that have only one occipital condyle; the Sauropsida..

Worm :: Worm (n.) Any small creeping animal or reptile, either entirely without feet, or with very short ones, including a great variety of animals; as, an earthworm; the blindworm..

Proterosaurus :: Proterosaurus (n.) An extinct genus of reptiles of the Permian period. Called also Protosaurus.

Teguexin :: Teguexin (n.) A large South American lizard (Tejus teguexin). It becomes three or four feet long, and is blackish above, marked with yellowish spots of various sizes. It feeds upon fruits, insects, reptiles, young birds, and birds' eggs. The closely allied species Tejus rufescens is called red teguexin..

Proatlas :: Proatlas (n.) A vertebral rudiment in front of the atlas in some reptiles.

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