Meaning

3 senses

  1. A reptilian animal: a reptile.

  2. (figuratively)A reptilian person, especially (ethnic slur) a Jew.

  3. A reptilian alien, especially (ufology, often capitalized) of a shapeshifting race alleged to secretly control the world.

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

Examples

14 sentences

  1. Tom is secretly a reptilian humanoid.

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  2. Martino was killed by a reptilian alien.

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  3. "I'm not a reptilian," said the reptilian.

    ru«Я не рептилия», — сказала рептилия. — marafon

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  4. Tom is a reptilian; I saw him shapeshift.

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  5. Tom believes that shape-shifting reptilians secretly control the world.

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Origin

From reptile + -ian, replacing earlier reptilious and adjectival reptile.

From reptile + -ian, replacing earlier reptilious and adjectival reptile.

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Forms

plural: reptilians
Singularreptilian
Pluralreptilians

regular

Synonyms

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

Word family

1 related words
Relatedlizardman

See also

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