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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024rep•tile /ˈrɛptɪl, -taɪl/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Reptilesany air-breathing animal having a backbone, a heart with three chambers, a completely bony skeleton, and a covering of dry scales or horny plates:Reptiles include snakes, lizards, turtles, and crocodiles.
rep•til•i•an /rɛpˈtɪliən/USA pronunciation adj. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024rep•tile (rep′til, -tīl),USA pronunciation n. - Reptilesany cold-blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia, comprising the turtles, snakes, lizards, crocodilians, amphisbaenians, tuatara, and various extinct members including the dinosaurs.
- (loosely) any of various animals that crawl or creep.
- a groveling, mean, or despicable person.
adj. - Reptilesof or resembling a reptile; creeping or crawling.
- groveling, mean, or despicable.
- Late Latin rēptile, noun, nominal use of neuter of rēptilis creeping, equivalent. to Latin rēpt(us) (past participle of rēpere to creep) + -ilis -ile
- Middle English reptil 1350–1400
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