ALL meanings of reptile
rep·tile
R r - noun reptile scaly cold-blooded animal 1
- noun reptile any cold-blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia, comprising the turtles, snakes, lizards, crocodilians, amphisbaenians, tuatara, and various extinct members including the dinosaurs. 1
- noun reptile (loosely) any of various animals that crawl or creep. 1
- noun reptile a groveling, mean, or despicable person. 1
- adjective reptile of or resembling a reptile; creeping or crawling. 1
- adjective reptile groveling, mean, or despicable. 1
- countable noun reptile Reptiles are a group of cold-blooded animals which have skins covered with small hard plates called scales and lay eggs. Snakes, lizards, and crocodiles are reptiles. 0
- noun reptile any of the cold-blooded vertebrates constituting the class Reptilia, characterized by lungs, an outer covering of horny scales or plates, and young produced in amniotic eggs. The class today includes the tortoises, turtles, snakes, lizards, and crocodiles; in Mesozoic times it was the dominant group, containing the dinosaurs and related forms 0
- noun reptile a grovelling insignificant person 0
- adjective reptile creeping, crawling, or squirming 0
- adjective reptile grovelling or insignificant; mean; contemptible 0
- noun reptile any of a class (Reptilia) of coldblooded vertebrates having lungs, an entirely bony skeleton, a body covered with scales or horny plates, and a heart with two atria and, usually, a single ventricle, including the snakes, lizards, turtles, crocodiles, and dinosaurs 0
- noun reptile a mean, sneaky, groveling person 0
- adjective reptile of, like, or characteristic of a reptile; reptilian 0