1. Adjective
Creeping; moving on the belly, or by means of small and short legs.
2. Adjective
Hence: Groveling; low; vulgar; as, a reptile race or crew; reptile vices.
3. Noun
An animal that crawls, or moves on its belly, as snakes,, or by means of small, short legs, as lizards, and the like.
4. Noun
One of the Reptilia, or one of the Amphibia.
5. Noun
A groveling or very mean person.
6. Noun
any cold-blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia including tortoises, turtles, snakes, lizards, alligators, crocodiles, and extinct forms
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