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Wikipedia has an article on: Reptile

Etymology

Middle English reptil< Old French reptile< Late Latin rēptile, neuter of reptilis, "creeping" < Latin rēpō "to creep" < PIE *rep-, "to creep, slink" (Pokorny; Watkins, 1969).

Pronunciation

Noun

Singular reptile

Plural reptiles

reptile (plural reptiles)

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

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Latin

Adjective

rēptile

  1. neuter nominative singular of rēptilis
  2. neuter accusative singular of rēptilis
  3. neuter vocative singular of rēptilis

 

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