1.
[syn: reptile, reptilian]
ADJECTIVE (1)
1. of or relating to the class Reptilia;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Reptilian \Rep*til"i*an\, n. (Zool.)
One of the Reptilia; a reptile.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Reptilian \Rep*til"i*an\ (-an), a.
Belonging to the reptiles.
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Reptilian age (Geol.), that part of geological time
comprising the Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous periods,
and distinguished as that era in which the class of
reptiles attained its highest expansion; -- called also
the Secondary or Mezozoic age.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
reptilian
adj 1: of or relating to the class Reptilia
n 1: any cold-blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia including
tortoises, turtles, snakes, lizards, alligators,
crocodiles, and extinct forms [syn: reptile, reptilian]