Meaning

6 senses
  1. A (typically scaly and egg-laying) cold-blooded vertebrate tetrapod animal, of the class Reptilia (excluding birds), such as a lizard, turtle, snake, crocodile, alligator, etc.

    Kriechtier, Reptil, Wurm

    includes reptiles, amphibians, molluscs

    includes reptiles, amphibians, molluscs

    any cold-blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia including tortoises, turtles, snakes, lizards, alligators, crocodiles, and extinct forms

  2. Any member of the class Reptilia, including birds.

  3. (dated)Any creeping or crawling animal, one that moves along close to the ground on its belly or on short legs, such as a lizard, snake, salamander, frog, toad, or scorpion.

  4. (dated)An animal belonging to either the class Reptilia or the class Amphibia.

  5. (dated, proscribed)An ectothermic, scaly animal, whether sauropsid or synapsid, of the clade Amniota.

    Prior to the 1990s, the non-mammalian synapsids were considered true reptiles.

    mammal-like reptile

  6. (dated, figuratively)An abject, grovelling, loathsome or repulsive person.

Examples

101 sentences
  1. Snakes, turtles, lizards, alligators and crocodiles are reptiles.

    Змії, черепахи, ящірки, алігатори та крокодили - рептилії.

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  2. Turtles are reptiles.

    Черепахи — це плазуни.

    ruЧерепахи - это рептилии.

    deSchildkröten sind Reptilien.

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  3. Snakes are reptiles.

    Змії — рептилії.

    ruЗмеи относятся к рептилиям.

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  4. Reptiles are cold-blooded.

    Плазуни — холоднокровні тварини.

    ruРептилии холоднокровные.

    deReptilien sind Kaltblüter.

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  5. Tom bought a book about reptiles.

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Translations

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By meaning 1
a cold-blooded vertebrate:
Русский
By meaning 1
a cold-blooded vertebrate:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
a cold-blooded vertebrate:

Origin

From Middle English reptil, from Old French reptile, from Late Latin rēptile, neuter of re

From Middle English reptil, from Old French reptile, from Late Latin rēptile, neuter of reptilis (“creeping”), from Latin rēpō (“to creep”), from Proto-Indo-European *rep- (“to creep, slink”) (Pokorny; Watkins, 1969).

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Forms

plural: reptiles
Singularreptile
Pluralreptiles

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • any cold-blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia including tortoises, turtles, snakes, lizards, alligators, crocodiles, and extinct forms:reptilian

Word family

20 related words

See also

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