Found 4 items, similar to Reptile.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak)
Definition: reptile
reptil
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: reptile
binatang melata, sisik
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: reptile
reptile
n : any cold-blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia including
tortoises turtles snakes lizards alligators crocodiles
and extinct forms [syn:
reptilian]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Reptile
Reptile
\Rep"tile\ (r?p"t?l;277), a. [F. reptile, L. reptilis,
fr. repere, reptum, to creep; cf. Lith. reploti; perh. akin
to L. serpere. Cf.
Serpent.]
1. Creeping; moving on the belly, or by means of small and
short legs.
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2. Hence: Groveling; low; vulgar; as, a reptile race or crew;
reptile vices.
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There is also a false, reptile prudence, the result
not of caution, but of fear. --Burke.
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And dislodge their reptile souls
From the bodies and forms of men. --Coleridge.
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Reptile
\Rep"tile\, n.
1. (Zo["o]l.) An animal that crawls, or moves on its belly,
as snakes,, or by means of small, short legs, as lizards,
and the like.
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An inadvertent step may crush the snail
That crawls at evening in the public path;
But he that has humanity, forewarned,
Will tread aside, and let the reptile live.
--Cowper.
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2. (Zo["o]l.) One of the Reptilia, or one of the Amphibia.
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Note: The amphibians were formerly classed with Reptilia, and
are still popularly called reptiles, though much more
closely allied to the fishes.
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3. A groveling or very mean person.
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