See Also: reptilian(medicine)
reptilian(dictionary)

reptilian (iou)



reptilian adjective & noun. M19.
[from REPTILIA + -IAN.]
A. adjective.
Resembling a reptile; of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the class Reptilia or a reptile. M19.
I. McEwan Tourists..moved along..in reptilian slow motion.
Mean, malignant, contemptible, underhand. M19.
G. Greene The American racketeer, quick and cold and reptilian.
b. noun. = REPTILE noun1 1. rare. M19.