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Amniota :: Amniota (n. pl.) That group of vertebrates which develops in its embryonic life the envelope called the amnion. It comprises the reptiles, the birds, and the mammals..

Scaled :: Scaled (a.) Covered with scales, or scalelike structures; -- said of a fish, a reptile, a moth, etc..

Surangular :: Surangular (a.) Above the angular bone; supra-angular; -- applied to a bone of the lower jaw in many reptiles and birds.

Serpent :: Serpent (n.) Any reptile of the order Ophidia; a snake, especially a large snake. See Illust. under Ophidia..

Metachrosis :: Metachrosis (n.) The power og changing color at will by the expansion of special pigment cells, under nerve influence, as seen in many reptiles, fishes, etc..

Parietal :: Parietal (n.) One of the special scales, or plates, covering the back of the head in certain reptiles and fishes..

Reptant :: Reptant (a.) Creeping; crawling; -- said of reptiles, worms, etc..

Crocodile :: Crocodile (n.) A large reptile of the genus Crocodilus, of several species. They grow to the length of sixteen or eighteen feet, and inhabit the large rivers of Africa, Asia, and America. The eggs, laid in the sand, are hatched by the sun's heat. The best known species is that of the Nile (C. vulgaris, or C. Niloticus). The Florida crocodile (C. Americanus) is much less common than the alligator and has longer jaws. The name is also sometimes applied to the species of other related genera, as th

Procoelian :: Procoelian (n.) A reptile having procoelian vertebrae; one of the Procoelia.

Loricate :: Loricate (n.) An animal covered with bony scales, as crocodiles among reptiles, and the pangolins among mammals..

Ichthyosauria :: Ichthyosauria (n. pl.) An extinct order of marine reptiles, including Ichthyosaurus and allied forms; -- called also Ichthyopterygia. They have not been found later than the Cretaceous period..

Rhynchocephala :: Rhynchocephala (n. pl.) An order of reptiles having biconcave vertebrae, immovable quadrate bones, and many other peculiar osteological characters. Hatteria is the only living genus, but numerous fossil genera are known, some of which are among the earliest of reptiles. See Hatteria. Called also Rhynchocephalia..

Hibernate :: Hibernate (v. i.) To winter; to pass the season of winter in close quarters, in a torpid or lethargic state, as certain mammals, reptiles, and insects..

Ornithosauria :: Ornithosauria (n. pl.) An order of extinct flying reptiles; -- called also Pterosauria.

Creepingly :: Creepingly (adv.) by creeping slowly; in the manner of a reptile; insidiously; cunningly.

Amphibian :: Amphibian (a.) Of or pertaining to the Amphibia; as, amphibian reptiles..

Brontosaurus :: Brontosaurus (n.) A genus of American jurassic dinosaurs. A length of sixty feet is believed to have been attained by these reptiles.

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..

Laelaps :: Laelaps (n.) A genus of huge, carnivorous, dinosaurian reptiles from the Cretaceous formation of the United States. They had very large hind legs and tail, and are supposed to have been bipedal. Some of the species were about eighteen feet high..

Orthopoda :: Orthopoda (n. pl.) An extinct order of reptiles which stood erect on the hind legs, and resembled birds in the structure of the feet, pelvis, and other parts..

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