单词 | reptile-like |
释义 | > as lemmasˈreptile-like ˈreptile-like adv. and adj. ΚΠ 1760 London Mag. July 355/1 He who, reptile like, can..transform himself. 1806 European Mag. & London Rev. Jan. 62/1 To the cowards and slaves who would, reptile like, crawl. 1873 W. Carleton Farm Ballads (1893) 119 Some reptile-like deed that coils plain in our sight. a1924 J. Conrad Tales of Hearsay (1925) 41 The day before he had seen a reptile-like convoy of soldiery, bristling with bayonets, crawling over the face of that land which was his. 2001 New Scientist 13 Oct. 30/1 While their reptile-like forebears were much larger and were active during daytime,..early mammals gained their evolutionary foothold by hunting insects at night. < as lemmas |
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