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Meanings of reptile in anglès

portuguès
répteis
català
rèptil
espanyol
reptilia

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

rèptil
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Examples for "reptilian"
Examples for "reptilian"
1
Mr. Justice Wargrave closed his eyes again, looking decidedly reptilian, and said:
And Then There Were None
2
Not really. I thought I heard the swish of a reptilian tail.
Afterlife: the resurrection chronicles
3
But everybody knows that your average bedroom monster is reptilian and cold-blooded.
Death by black hole: and other cosmic quandaries
4
Shattuck describes a male fetus showing reptilian characters in the sexual ducts.
Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine
5
Those assumptions fitted the old picture of dinosaurs as cold-blooded, reptilian creatures.
The Lost World
Usage of reptile in anglès
1
The reptile-people-usuallyreferred to as 'Culture X'-hadarrived on the scene later.
The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke
2
Suddenly Norma gave a piteous whine; the reptile had bitten her tongue.
The Idiot
3
His search was unavailing; the mysterious reptile was not to be found.
Brood of the Witch-Queen
4
Across his figure passes the salamander, the fabled reptile of the fire.
Palaces and Courts of the Exposition / A Handbook of the Archite...
5
He writes: The idea of a fish passing into a reptile, monstrous.
Life and Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1
6
This shows how slow the reptile is to make the fatal spring.
The Western World / Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural H...
7
Juno afterward restored the reptile's sight and hid it in a cave.
The Devil's Dictionary
8
The mention of Yulin brought a chuckle to Trelig's great reptile lips.
Quest for the well of souls
9
Possibly they were the missing link between the reptile & the mammal.
The new yorker
10
Was this the writing of the reptile-folk who had built this place?
The Long War
11
Uncle John showed him how to ascertain the age of the reptile.
The Young Emigrants; Madelaine Tube; the Boy and the Book; and C...
12
Then the reptile dropped its head and began slowly swallowing its prey.
The Purple Land / Being the Narrative of One Richard Lamb's Adve...
13
The spiral furrow left by the reptile's curves is the favorite spot.
The Life of the Fly; With Which are Interspersed Some Chapters o...
14
Both of them agreed it's a fang from some kind of reptile.
Boy’s Life
15
Everybody shrank inwardly as if a reptile had crawled into the room.
The New Magdalen
16
In the half-light, Nebe looked like a lizard in a reptile house.
Fatherland
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Translations for reptile
portuguès
répteisréptil
català
rèptil
espanyol
reptilia
Reptile through the time
Reptile across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common