reptilian
reptilian Lexical Profile
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• adjective
Relating to, characteristic of, or belonging to the class Reptilia (reptiles).
"The fossilized footprints clearly showed the three-toed track of a large reptilian predator."
Resembling a reptile in behavior or character; cold-blooded, calculating, or groveling.
"He watched his competitors with a cold, reptilian gaze that made everyone in the boardroom uneasy."
• noun
Any cold-blooded vertebrate animal of the class Reptilia, including snakes, lizards, crocodiles, turtles, and tortoises, characterized by dry scaly skin and typically laying soft-shelled eggs on land.
"The desert exhibit houses several nocturnal reptilians adapted to extreme temperature swings."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Coined in the early 19th century from the noun 'reptile' (from Late Latin 'reptilis', meaning 'creeping', derived from 'repere', 'to creep or crawl') combined with the suffix '-ian'.