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Word entry · 9 letters

reptilian

Best crossword clue

"Like lizards and snakes"

9 letters · collected on this word page

9 lettersPronunciation /ɹɛpˈtɪliən/Part of speech noun, adjectiveSorted aeiilnprtStarts with REnds with N1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. any cold-blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia including tortoises, turtles, snakes, lizards, alligators, crocodiles, and extinct forms

Word origin

From reptile + -ian, replacing earlier reptilious and adjectival reptile.

Used in a sentence

  • The Mesozoic represents that time on Earth when life flourished, but when such life was primarily reptilian, before the Age of Mammals.
  • It is filled with blazing fires and half-human, half-animal beasts, with spiked reptilian tails.
  • Such powerful human families would descend upon the reptilians themselves and they would be willing to do just anything to retain their power.

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