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Ovoviviparous :: Ovoviviparous (a.) Oviparous, but hatching the egg while it is within the body, as some fishes and reptiles..

Ichthyosauria :: Ichthyosauria (n. pl.) An extinct order of marine reptiles, including Ichthyosaurus and allied forms; -- called also Ichthyopterygia. They have not been found later than the Cretaceous period..

Cloaca :: Cloaca (n.) The common chamber into which the intestinal, urinary, and generative canals discharge in birds, reptiles, amphibians, and many fishes..

Reptant :: Reptant (a.) Creeping; crawling; -- said of reptiles, worms, etc..

Mental :: Mental (n.) A plate or scale covering the mentum or chin of a fish or reptile.

Allantoidea :: Allantoidea (n. pl.) The division of Vertebrata in which the embryo develops an allantois. It includes reptiles, birds, and mammals..

Kingfisher :: Kingfisher (n.) Any one of numerous species of birds constituting the family Alcedinidae. Most of them feed upon fishes which they capture by diving and seizing then with the beak; others feed only upon reptiles, insects, etc. About one hundred and fifty species are known. They are found in nearly all parts of the world, but are particularly abundant in the East Indies..

Parietal :: Parietal (n.) One of the special scales, or plates, covering the back of the head in certain reptiles and fishes..

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

Acontias :: Acontias (n.) Anciently, a snake, called dart snake; now, one of a genus of reptiles closely allied to the lizards..

Motmot :: Motmot (n.) Any one of several species of long-tailed, passerine birds of the genus Momotus, having a strong serrated beak. In most of the species the two long middle tail feathers are racket-shaped at the tip, when mature. The bird itself is said by some writers to trim them into this shape. They feed on insects, reptiles, and fruit, and are found from Mexico to Brazil. The name is derived from its note..

Cucullated :: Cucullated (a.) Having a hoodlike crest on the head, as certain birds, mammals, and reptiles..

Crocodile :: Crocodile (n.) A large reptile of the genus Crocodilus, of several species. They grow to the length of sixteen or eighteen feet, and inhabit the large rivers of Africa, Asia, and America. The eggs, laid in the sand, are hatched by the sun's heat. The best known species is that of the Nile (C. vulgaris, or C. Niloticus). The Florida crocodile (C. Americanus) is much less common than the alligator and has longer jaws. The name is also sometimes applied to the species of other related genera, as th

Slowworm :: Slowworm (v. t.) A lecertilian reptile; the blindworm.

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..

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..

Creepingly :: Creepingly (adv.) by creeping slowly; in the manner of a reptile; insidiously; cunningly.

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..

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

Herpetologist :: Herpetologist (n.) One versed in herpetology, or the natural history of reptiles..

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