Complete Definition of "reptile"

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Etymology
Middle English reptil< Old French reptile< LL. #Latin|r�ptile, neuter of reptilis, "creeping" < Latin repo#Latin|r�p� "to creep" < PIE *rep-, "to creep, slink" (Pokorny; Watkins, 1969).

Noun
en-noun

  1. A cold-blooded vertebrate of the Class Reptilia.

Related terms
mammal-like reptile
Reptilia
reptilian

Translations

Chinese:

Czech: plaz m
Dutch: reptiel n
Finnish: matelija
French: reptile m
German: Kriechtier n, Reptil n, Wurm m (poetic)
Greek: �� (erpeto)
Hebrew: ����|��ֹ�ֵ� (zoħél) m
Hindi: सर�पन�शिल (sarpanshil)
Hungarian: hüll�
Japanese: ��� (������, hachūrui)
Macedonian: влека� m
Lithuanian: roplys m
Malay: reptilia
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Marathi: सर�प���णारा प�रािण
Norwegian: reptil n
Novial: reptere
Polish: gad m
Portuguese: réptil m
Russian: п�e�м�кa��ee�� /pr'esmykájuš�ejes'a/ n, �еп�или� /r'eptílija/ f
Serbian: puzavac, gmizavac
Slovak: plaz m
Spanish: reptil m
Swedish: reptil#Swedish|reptil c
Telugu: సర�స�ప� (sareesrupam)
Tamil: �ர�வன(urvana)
Turkish: sürüngen

See also
herpetology
:Category:Reptiles for a list of reptiles
pedialite

Tamil : oorvana

Category:Animals
Category:Reptiles|*


Latin

Adjective
r�ptile

  1. inflection of|reptilis|r�ptilis|n|nom|s
  2. inflection of|reptilis|r�ptilis|n|acc|s
  3. inflection of|reptilis|r�ptilis|n|voc|s

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