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Reptilia


Rep-til′i-a

(r?p-t?l′?-?)
,
Noun.
pl.
[NL.]
(Zool.)
A class of air-breathing oviparous vertebrates, usually covered with scales or bony plates. The heart generally has two auricles and one ventricle. The development of the young is the same as that of birds.
☞ It is nearly related in many respects to Aves, or birds. The principal existing orders are
Testidunata
or
Chelonia
(turtles),
Crocodilia
,
Lacertilla
(lizards),
Ophidia
(serpents), and
Rhynchocephala
; the chief extinct orders are
Dinosauria
,
Theremorpha
,
Mosasauria
,
Pterosauria
,
Plesiosauria
,
Ichtyosauria
.

Definition 2024


Reptilia

Reptilia

See also: reptilia

Translingual

Proper noun

Reptilia

  1. The reptiles
    1. A taxonomic class within the subphylum Vertebrata.

Hypernyms

Hyponyms

Coordinate terms

  • (class): Synapsidomorpha (includes mammals and mammal-like reptiles) - clade

References

  1. Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248. pmid:25923521

reptilia

reptilia

See also: Reptilia

English

Noun

reptilia

  1. plural of reptilium
  2. plural of reptilian (Animals of the class Reptilia)

Latin

Adjective

rēptilia

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