- (a.) Creeping; moving on the belly or by means of small and short legs.
- (n.) An animal that crawls or moves on its belly, as snakes, or by means of small, short legs, as lizards, and the like.
- (n.) A groveling or very mean person.
- (a.) Hence: Groveling; low; vulgar; as, a reptile race or crew; reptile vices.
- (n.) One of the Reptilia or one of the Amphibia.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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