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reptilian

rep til yuhn

  • n  any cold-blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia including tortoises, turtles, snakes, lizards, alligators, crocodiles, and extinct forms
  • a  of or relating to the class Reptilia

  • And if they keep insisting on showcasing their "talent," give Simon Cowell a call; a few cruel words from the reptilian British judge will surely crush your child's dreams of fame.
  • At 30, she looked millennia older, not wiser but wizened, relying on reptilian instincts of survival and predation.
  • SSSSSSNAKE: Automotive designer Takanori Aoki took inspiration from his country's reptilian mythology to create an offbeat coup with the sinuous lines of a serpent.
Quotes

  • Chris Sanders in New York Times
    I've got kids, and I thought 'that's so great. That's so bizarre. I am going to be this crazy reptilian person and creature.' I was very excited. She is one of those fun characters. She's evil. She's temptation. She is just one of those fun... Angelina Jolie http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angelina_Jolie&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNGlrjN5N7LqhL14i7LJZOWvqIMAvg San Jose Mercury News http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.mercurynews.com/movies/ci_7480517&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNEAIbIWaLH69YU0zdOxw-qaTt5EwA Nov 16, 2007 82881 110412 reptilian We wanted him to be a little more mammalian than the other dragons, which are generally more reptilian in their vibe, because we knew that this dragon was going to have to have a certain warmth," Mr. Sanders said.
  • Marsha L. Berzon in Law.com (registration)
    Examples of category errors include inquiring into the gender of a rock or into which day of the week is reptilian,Berzon added in a footnote.

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