1. class of cold-blooded air-breathing vertebrates with completely ossified skeleton and a body usually covered with scales or horny plates; once the dominant land animals; [syn: Reptilia, class Reptilia]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
class Reptilia
n 1: class of cold-blooded air-breathing vertebrates with
completely ossified skeleton and a body usually covered
with scales or horny plates; once the dominant land animals
[syn: Reptilia, class Reptilia]