reptilian

• POS: Adjective, Noun
• HYPHEN: rep=til=i=an

CIDE DICTIONARY

reptilian, a. 

 Belonging to the reptiles.  [1913 Webster]

Reptilian age (Geol.), that part of geological time comprising the Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous periods, and distinguished as that era in which the class of reptiles attained its highest expansion; -- called also the Secondary or Mezozoic age.

reptilian, n. 

 One of the Reptilia; a reptile.  [1913 Webster]

THESAURUS

reptilian

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