English to Afrikaans Meaning of reptilian - reptiel

Reptilian :

reptiel

noun

reptiel

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Definitions of reptilian in English

Noun(1) any cold-blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia including tortoises, turtles, snakes, lizards, alligators, crocodiles, and extinct forms
Adjective(1) of or relating to the class Reptilia

Examples of reptilian in English

(1) At our study site, the predator guild includes avian, mammalian, and reptilian species.(2) Vertebrate animals (mammals, birds, theropod dinosaurs) develop larger brains then their earlier reptilian ancestors.(3) Figure 16 pictures a three-headed reptilian bird chasing a hunter who is armed with a gun.(4) Let us consider first the simpler explanation of a series of morphological evolutionary changes in the evolution of avian feathers from reptilian scales.(5) Dehydration can cause serious health problems in any reptilian species.(6) Like all reflexes, the startle reflects activity of the brain stem, the most primitive, reptilian part of the brain.(7) Two of the bones found in the reptilian jaw are nearly identical to two of the bones in the mammalian inner ear.(8) The reptilian scale has absolutely nothing to do with follicles.(9) In proportion to body size, mammals have brains about ten times the size of reptilian brains.(10) At the time, paleontologists were stuck in a reptilian perspective on dinosaurs.

Synonyms

Noun

1. reptile ::

reptiel

Adjective

2. reptile ::

reptiel

3. reptilelike ::

reptilelike

4. saurian ::

Sauriaanse

5. cold-blooded ::

koelbloedig

Different Forms

reptilian, reptilians

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