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noun 
  1. A cold-blooded vertebrate of the Class Reptilia.
Translations: 
  • Dutch: reptiel
  • French: reptile
  • German: Kriechtier , Reptil , Wurm (poetic)
  • Spanish: reptil
Etymology: Middle English reptil< Old French reptile< Latin, rÄptile, neuter of reptilis, "creeping" < Latin repoLatin, rÄpÅ "to creep" < PIE
  • rep-, "to creep, slink" (Pokorny; Watkins, 1969).


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