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Definition of reptile
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Reptile
(a.)
Creeping;
moving
on the
belly,
or by means of small and short
legs..
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Marsupium
::
Marsupium
(n.) The
pecten
in the eye of birds and
reptiles.
See
Pecten.
Scute
::
Scute (n.) A bony scale of a
reptile
or fish; a large horny scale on the leg of a bird, or on the belly of a
snake..
Monocondyla
::
Monocondyla
(n. pl.) A group of
vertebrates,
including
the birds and
reptiles,
or those that have only one
occipital
condyle;
the
Sauropsida..
Calcific
::
Calcific
(a.)
Calciferous.
Specifically:
(Zool.)
of or
pertaining
to the
portion
of the
oviduct
which forms the
eggshell
in birds and
reptiles.
Tortoise
::
Tortoise
(n.) Any one of
numerous
species
of
reptiles
of the order
Testudinata.
Mosasauria
::
Mosasauria
(n. pl.) An order of
large,
extinct,
marine
reptiles,
found in the
Cretaceous
rocks,
especially
in
America.
They were
serpentlike
in form and in
having
loosely
articulated
and
dilatable
jaws, with large
recurved
tteth,
but they had
paddlelike
feet. Some of them were over fifty feet long. They are,
essentially,
fossil
sea
serpents
with
paddles.
Called
also
Pythonomarpha,
and
Mosasauria..
Transpalatine
::
Transpalatine
(a.)
Situated
beyond
or
outside
the
palatine
bone; -- said of a bone in the skull of some
reptiles.
Reptant
::
Reptant
(a.)
Creeping;
crawling;
-- said of
reptiles,
worms,
etc..
Ichthyosaurus
::
Ichthyosaurus
(n.) An
extinct
genus of
marine
reptiles;
-- so named from their
short,
biconcave
vertebrae,
resembling
those of
fishes.
Several
species,
varying
in
length
from ten to
thirty
feet, are known from the
Liassic,
Oolitic,
and
Cretaceous
formations..
Exoskeleton
::
Exoskeleton
(n.) The
hardened
parts of the
external
integument
of an
animal,
including
hair,
feathers,
nails,
horns,
scales,
etc.,as
well as the armor of
armadillos
and many
reptiles,
and the
shells
or
hardened
integument
of
numerous
invertebrates;
external
skeleton;
dermoskeleton..
Proatlas
::
Proatlas
(n.) A
vertebral
rudiment
in front of the atlas in some
reptiles.
Alligator
::
Alligator
(n.) A large
carnivorous
reptile
of the
Crocodile
family,
peculiar
to
America.
It has a
shorter
and
broader
snout than the
crocodile,
and the large teeth of the lower jaw shut into pits in the upper jaw, which has no
marginal
notches.
Besides
the
common
species
of the
southern
United
States,
there are
allied
species
in South
America..
Amnion
::
Amnion
(n.) A thin
membrane
surrounding
the
embryos
of
mammals,
birds,
and
reptiles..
Scaled
::
Scaled
(a.)
Covered
with
scales,
or
scalelike
structures;
-- said of a fish, a
reptile,
a moth, etc..
Serpent
::
Serpent
(n.) Any
reptile
of the order
Ophidia;
a
snake,
especially
a large
snake.
See
Illust.
under
Ophidia..
Ovoviviparous
::
Ovoviviparous
(a.)
Oviparous,
but
hatching
the egg while it is
within
the body, as some
fishes
and
reptiles..
Crawler
::
Crawler
(n.) One who, or that
which,
crawls;
a
creeper;
a
reptile..
Scale
::
Scale (n.) One of the
small,
thin,
membranous,
bony or horny
pieces
which form the
covering
of many
fishes
and
reptiles,
and some
mammals,
belonging
to the
dermal
part of the
skeleton,
or
dermoskeleton.
See
Cycloid,
Ctenoid,
and
Ganoid..
Pliosaurus
::
Pliosaurus
(n.) An
extinct
genus of
marine
reptiles
allied
to
Plesiosaurus,
but
having
a much
shorter
neck..
Urine
::
Urine (n.) In
mammals,
a fluid
excretion
from the
kidneys;
in birds and
reptiles,
a solid or
semisolid
excretion..
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