Reptilian Synonyms

rĕp-tĭlē-ən, -tĭlyən
Any cold-blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia including tortoises, turtles, snakes, lizards, alligators, crocodiles, and extinct forms
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. reptile
Synonyms:
  1. herpetiform
  2. reptiloid
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Words Related to Reptilian

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. lizard-like
  2. humanoid
  3. worm-like
  4. arachnid

Reptilian Sentence Examples

  • Reptilian remains abound; plants are also plentiful.

  • The Eye is essentially reptilian, but in sharpness of vision, power and quickness of accommodation it surpasses that of the mammals.

  • At any rate, there seems little doubt that it was the region where creodonts and other primitive mammals were first differentiated from their reptilian ancestors.

  • The muscles of the limbs show a great amount of specialization, away from the fundamental reptilian and mammalian conditions.

  • The right and left halves are completely divided by septa, no mixture of the venous and arterial blood being possible, an advance upon reptilian conditions, even the highest.

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