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Definition of reptile
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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..
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Laelaps
::
Laelaps
(n.) A genus of huge,
carnivorous,
dinosaurian
reptiles
from the
Cretaceous
formation
of the
United
States.
They had very large hind legs and tail, and are
supposed
to have been
bipedal.
Some of the
species
were about
eighteen
feet
high..
Clidastes
::
Clidastes
(n.) A genus of
extinct
marine
reptiles,
allied
to the
Mosasaurus.
See
Illust.
in
Appendix..
Urine
::
Urine (n.) In
mammals,
a fluid
excretion
from the
kidneys;
in birds and
reptiles,
a solid or
semisolid
excretion..
Allantoid
::
Allantoid
(n.) A
membranous
appendage
of the
embryos
of
mammals,
birds,
and
reptiles,
-- in
mammals
serving
to
connect
the fetus with the
parent;
the
urinary
vesicle..
Plesiosaurus
::
Plesiosaurus
(n.) A genus of large
extinct
marine
reptiles,
having
a very long neck, a small head, and
paddles
for
swimming.
It lived in the
Mesozoic
age..
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..
Lore
::
Lore (n.) The space
between
the eye and bill, in
birds,
and the
corresponding
region
in
reptiles
and
fishes..
Vent
::
Vent (n.) The anal
opening
of
certain
invertebrates
and
fishes;
also, the
external
cloacal
opening
of
reptiles,
birds,
amphibians,
and many
fishes..
Postorbital
::
Postorbital
(a.)
Situated
behind
the
orbit;
as, the
postorbital
scales
of some
fishes
and
reptiles..
Ichthyosaurus
::
Ichthyosaurus
(n.) An
extinct
genus of
marine
reptiles;
-- so named from their
short,
biconcave
vertebrae,
resembling
those of
fishes.
Several
species,
varying
in
length
from ten to
thirty
feet, are known from the
Liassic,
Oolitic,
and
Cretaceous
formations..
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..
Choanoid
::
Choanoid
(a.)
Funnel-shaped;
--
applied
particularly
to a
hollow
muscle
attached
to the ball of the eye in many
reptiles
and
mammals.
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..
Abstract
::
Abstract
(a.)
Resulting
from the
mental
faculty
of
abstraction;
general
as
opposed
to
particular;
as,
reptile
is an
abstract
or
general
name..
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..
Reptile
::
Reptile
(n.) A
groveling
or very mean
person.
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..
Lagena
::
Lagena
(n.) The
terminal
part of the
cochlea
in birds and most
reptiles;
an
appendage
of the
sacculus,
corresponding
to the
cochlea,
in
fishes
and
amphibians..
Surangular
::
Surangular
(a.) Above the
angular
bone;
supra-angular;
--
applied
to a bone of the lower jaw in many
reptiles
and
birds.
Ovoviviparous
::
Ovoviviparous
(a.)
Oviparous,
but
hatching
the egg while it is
within
the body, as some
fishes
and
reptiles..
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