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Definition of reptile
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Reptile
(n.) A
groveling
or very mean
person.
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Serpent
::
Serpent
(n.) Any
reptile
of the order
Ophidia;
a
snake,
especially
a large
snake.
See
Illust.
under
Ophidia..
Amnion
::
Amnion
(n.) A thin
membrane
surrounding
the
embryos
of
mammals,
birds,
and
reptiles..
Alligator
::
Alligator
(n.) A large
carnivorous
reptile
of the
Crocodile
family,
peculiar
to
America.
It has a
shorter
and
broader
snout than the
crocodile,
and the large teeth of the lower jaw shut into pits in the upper jaw, which has no
marginal
notches.
Besides
the
common
species
of the
southern
United
States,
there are
allied
species
in South
America..
Testudinata
::
Testudinata
(n. pl.) An order of
reptiles
which
includes
the
turtles
and
tortoises.
The body is
covered
by a shell
consisting
of an upper or
dorsal
shell,
called
the
carapace,
and a lower or
ventral
shell,
called
the
plastron,
each of which
consists
of
several
plates..
Supra-oesophagal
::
Supraocular
(a.) Above the eyes; -- said of
certain
scales
of
fishes
and
reptiles.
Lepidosauria
::
Lepidosauria
(n. pl.) A
division
of
reptiles,
including
the
serpents
and
lizards;
the
Plagiotremata..
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..
Preocular
::
Preocular
(n.) One of the
scales
just in front of the eye of a
reptile
or fish.
Scute
::
Scute (n.) A bony scale of a
reptile
or fish; a large horny scale on the leg of a bird, or on the belly of a
snake..
Plesiosauria
::
Plesiosauria
(n. pl.) An
extinct
order of
Mesozoic
marine
reptiles
including
the
genera
Plesiosaurus,
and
allied
forms;
--
called
also
Sauropterygia..
Crawler
::
Crawler
(n.) One who, or that
which,
crawls;
a
creeper;
a
reptile..
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..
Scale
::
Scale (n.) One of the
small,
thin,
membranous,
bony or horny
pieces
which form the
covering
of many
fishes
and
reptiles,
and some
mammals,
belonging
to the
dermal
part of the
skeleton,
or
dermoskeleton.
See
Cycloid,
Ctenoid,
and
Ganoid..
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
Proterosaurus
::
Proterosaurus
(n.) An
extinct
genus of
reptiles
of the
Permian
period.
Called
also
Protosaurus.
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..
Calcific
::
Calcific
(a.)
Calciferous.
Specifically:
(Zool.)
of or
pertaining
to the
portion
of the
oviduct
which forms the
eggshell
in birds and
reptiles.
Metachrosis
::
Metachrosis
(n.) The power og
changing
color at will by the
expansion
of
special
pigment
cells,
under nerve
influence,
as seen in many
reptiles,
fishes,
etc..
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..
Cloaca
::
Cloaca
(n.) The
common
chamber
into which the
intestinal,
urinary,
and
generative
canals
discharge
in
birds,
reptiles,
amphibians,
and many
fishes..
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