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Hence: Groveling; low; vulgar; as, a reptile race or crew; reptile vices. There is also a false, reptile prudence, the result not of caution, but of fear. Burke. And dislodge their reptile souls From the bodies and forms of men. Coleridge.

Resulting from the mental faculty of abstraction; general as opposed to particular; as, "reptile" is an abstract or general name. Locke. A concrete name is a name which stands for a thing; an abstract name which stands for an attribute of a thing. A practice has grown up in more modern times, which, if not introduced b…

Anciently, a snake, called dart snake; now, one of a genus of reptiles closely allied to the lizards.

The division of Vertebrata in which the embryo develops an allantois. It includes reptiles, birds, and mammals.

A membranous appendage of the embryos of mammals, birds, and reptiles, -- in mammals serving to connect the fetus with the parent; the urinary vesicle.

A large carnivorous reptile of the Crocodile family, peculiar to America. It has a shorter and broader snout than the crocodile, and the large teeth of the lower jaw shut into pits in the upper jaw, which has no marginal notches. Besides the common species of the southern United States, there are allied species in Sout…

A thin membrane surrounding the embryos of mammals, birds, and reptiles.

tes which develops in its embryonic life the envelope called the amnion. It comprises the reptiles, the birds, and the mammals.

Of or pertaining to the Amphibia; as, amphibian reptiles.

Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a snake or serpent. "The anguine or snakelike reptiles." Owen.

A bone in the base of the lower jaw of many birds, reptiles, and fishes.

A bone in the base of the lower jaw of many birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes.

Having two auricles, as the heart of mammals, birds, and reptiles.

can jurassic dinosaurs. A length of sixty feet is believed to have been attained by these reptiles.

lly: (Zoöl.) of or pertaining to hte portion of the which forms the eggshell in birds and reptiles. Huxley.

A lizardlike reptile of the genus Chamæleo, of several species, found in Africa, Asia, and Europe. The skin is covered with fine granmulations; the tail is prehensile, and the body is much compressed laterally, giving it a high back.

esembling impressions of the human hand, and believed to have been made by labyrinthodont reptiles. See Illustration in Appendix.

An order of reptiles, including the tortoises and turtles, perculiar in having a part of the vertebræ, ribs, and sternum united with the dermal plates so as to form a firm shell. The jaws are covered by a horny beak. See Reptilia; also, Illust. in Appendix.

haped; -- applied particularly to a hollow muscle attached to the ball of the eye in many reptiles and mammals.

A genus of exinct marine reptiles, allied to the Mosasaurus. See Illust. in Appendix.