Reptil

Definitions of Reptil
  1. noun
    any cold-blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia including tortoises, turtles, snakes, lizards, alligators, crocodiles, and extinct forms
    synonyms: Kriechtier
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    Schuppenkriechtier
    reptile having a pair of openings in the skull behind each eye
    Brückenechse
    only extant member of the order Rhynchocephalia of large spiny lizard-like diapsid reptiles of coastal islands off New Zealand
    Krokodil
    extant archosaurian reptile
    Schlange
    limbless scaly elongate reptile; some are venomous
    type of:
    Wirbeltier
    animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium
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