reptile (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *reptile*:
NOUN	animal	reptile, reptilian	any cold-blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia including tortoises, turtles, snakes, lizards, alligators, crocodiles, and extinct forms

reptile > pronunciation
Sounds	reh'ptayl
Rhymes	aisle ... worthwhile: 64 rhymes with ayl...

English > *reptile*: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaning	Any cold-blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia including tortoises, turtles, snakes, lizards, alligators, crocodiles, and extinct forms.
Synonym	reptilian
Member of	Reptilia, class Reptilia	Class of cold-blooded air-breathing vertebrates with completely ossified skeleton and a body usually covered with scales or horny plates
Narrower	Diapsida, subclass Diapsida	Used in former classifications to include all living reptiles except turtles
	anapsid, anapsid reptile	Primitive reptile having no opening in the temporal region of the skull
	diapsid, diapsid reptile	reptile having a pair of openings in the skull behind each eye
	synapsid, synapsid reptile	Extinct reptile having a single pair of lateral temporal openings in the skull
Broader	vertebrate, craniate	animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium
Spanish	reptiles, reptilia, reptil, réptil
Catalan	reptil, rèptil

HyperDic: reptile