meaning of reptile
1. Creeping; moving on the belly, or by means of small and short legs.
2. Hence: Groveling; low; vulgar; as, a reptile race or crew; reptile vices.
3. An animal that crawls, or moves on its belly, as snakes,, or by means of small, short legs, as lizards, and the like.
4. One of the Reptilia, or one of the Amphibia.
5. A groveling or very mean person.
6. any cold-blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia including tortoises turtles snakes lizards alligators crocodiles and extinct forms
Related Words
reptile | reptile family | reptile genus |
