Reptilia
pronunciation
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- Noun:
- class of cold-blooded air-breathing vertebrates with completely ossified skeleton and a body usually covered with scales or horny plates; once the dominant land animals
Word Origin
- Reptilia (n.)
- mid-17c., from Latin plural of reptile (see reptile).
Example
- 1. Dangered animals : amphibia and reptilia .
- 2. Wildlife conservation ; reptilia ; biodiversity survey ; herpetofauna ; poyang lake wetland .
- 3. Gloydius lijianlii , a new species from the northern coastal islands along shandong peninsula ( reptilia , squamata , viperidae )
- 4. Amphibian ; reptilia ; daxiagu nature reserve ; ruyuan county of guangdong province ; wildlife conservation .