📖 Definitions of "Reptilian"
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A reptilian animal: a reptile.
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A reptilian person, especially (racial slur) a Jew.
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A reptilian alien, especially (often capitalized) of a shapeshifting race purported to secretly control the world.
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Of or relating to the members of the class Reptilia.
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Reptilelike.
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Unthinking, low, base, contemptible.
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Cold-blooded, treacherous, unavoidably selfish and hostile.
🔄 Synonyms of "Reptilian"
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| Word | Definition |
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| reptilenoun | (informal) Any member of the class Reptilia that is not a bird— a cold-blooded vertebrate with dry scales that usually lays eggs, such as a lizard, snake, turtle, tortoise, crocodile, alligator, etc. |
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Reptilian"
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| Word | Definition |
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| reptile | Creeping; moving on the belly, or by means of small and short legs. |
| arthropodsnoun | An invertebrate animal of the phylum Arthropoda, characterized by a chitinous exoskeleton and multiple jointed appendages. |
| reptiles | a lithograph print by the Dutch artist M. C. Escher first printed in March 1943. |
| reptilious | (dated) Synonym of reptilian: reptilelike, of or related to members of the class Reptilia. |
| reptiliform | Resembling or relating to reptiles. |
| reptiliferous | (geology) Containing fossils of reptiles. |
| lacertiliannoun | A reptile of suborder Lacertilia. |
| reptilian brained | Of, or exhibiting a reptilian brain. |
| herpetologicalnoun | Of or relating to herpetology, the study of reptiles. |
| lizardly | Pertaining to lizards; lizard-related. |
| zoologicalnoun | Of, or relating to, animals. |
| crocodiliannoun | Any reptile of the order Crocodilia; a crocodile, alligator, caiman or gavial. |
| zoogeological | Relating to zoogeology. |
| reptilian-brained | Alternative form of reptilian brained. [Of, or exhibiting a reptilian brain.] |
| dinosauriannoun | Of, like, or pertaining to a dinosaur. |
| lacertiloid | (archaic, zoology) Resembling or belonging to the Lacertilia. |
| amphibiannoun | An animal of the Amphibia; any vertebrate that does not have amniotic eggs, living both on land and in water. |
| rhizopodal | (zoology) Of or pertaining to the rhizopods. |
| rotatorial | (zoology) Of or relating to the Rotatoria. |
| theropodous | Relating to, or characteristic of, a theropod. |
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