reptile
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See also réptile
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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).
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reptile (plural reptiles)
- A cold-blooded vertebrate of the Class Reptilia.
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- See also Wikisaurus:reptile
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a cold-blooded vertebrate
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- herpetology
- Category:Reptiles for a list of reptiles
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rēptile
- neuter nominative singular of rēptilis
- neuter accusative singular of rēptilis
- neuter vocative singular of rēptilis
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