reptile

noun · adjectiveB1

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noun

Plural noun:

reptiles

1.
(informal)Any animal of the class Reptilia that is not a bird — a cold-blooded vertebrate with dry scales that usually lays eggs, such as a lizard, snake, turtle, crocodile, alligator, etc.
2.
(zoology, cladistically) Any member of Reptilia, including birds.
3.
(broadly, historical)(loosely, historical) A reptile or amphibian.
Đồng nghĩa: herptile, herp
4.
(dated, figuratively)A mean, grovelling, loathsome or repulsive person.

Tính từ

adjective

1.
(not comparable)Creeping; moving on the belly, or by means of small and short legs.
2.
(not comparable)Grovelling; low; vulgar.
a reptile race or crew reptile vices

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Đồng nghĩa

herptileherpcrawling creeping reptiliousreptitiousreptilious, creeping, crawling; reptitious obsolete

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eureptilenonreptilereptilasereptiledomreptilehoodreptilekindreptilelikereptilicreptiliferousreptiliform reptilism reptilivorous herpetology

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Nguồn gốc từ

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