English-Thai Dictionary

reptile

ADJ ซึ่ง จัด อยู่ ใน จำพวก สัตว์เลื้อยคลาน  sueng-jad-yu-nai-jam-puek-sad-luan-klan

 

reptile

N สัตว์เลื้อยคลาน  sad-luan-klan

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

REPTILE

a.[L. reptilis, from repo, to creep, Gr. See Creep. ] 1. Creeping; moving on the belly, or with many small feet.
2. Groveling; low; vulgar; as a reptile race or crew; reptile vices.

 

REPTILE

n. 1. An animal that moves on its belly, or by means of small short legs, as earth-worms, caterpillars, snakes and the like.
In zoology, the reptiles constitute an order of the class Amphibian, including all such as are furnished with limbs or articulated extremities, as tortoises, lizards and frogs.
2. A groveling or very mean person; a term of contempt.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

REPTILE

Rep "tile (rp "tl; 277 ), a. Etym: [F. reptile, L. reptilis, fr. repere,reptum, to creep; cf. Lith. reploti; perh. akin to L. serpere. Cf. Serpent. ]

 

1. Creeping; moving on the belly, or by means of small and short legs.

 

2. Hence: Groveling; low; vulgar; as, a reptile race or crew; reptile vices. There is also a false, reptile prudence, the result not of caution, but of fear. Burke. And dislodge their reptile souls From the bodies and forms of men. Coleridge.

 

REPTILE

REPTILE Rep "tile, n.

 

1. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: An animal that crawls, or moves on its belly, as snakes,, or by means of small, short legs, as lizards, and the like. An inadvertent step may crush the snail That crawls at evening in the public path; But he that has humanity, forewarned, Will tread aside, and let the reptile live. Cowper.

 

2. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: One of the Reptilia, or one of the Amphibia.

 

Note: The amphibians were formerly classed with Reptilia, and are still popularly called reptiles, though much more closely allied to the fishes.

 

3. A groveling or very mean person.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

reptile

rep tile |ˈreptəl, ˈrepˌtīl ˈrɛptl ˈrɛpˌtaɪl | ▶noun 1 a cold-blooded vertebrate of a class that includes snakes, lizards, crocodiles, turtles, and tortoises. They are distinguished by having a dry scaly skin, and typically laying soft-shelled eggs on land. [Class Reptilia: orders Chelonia (turtles and tortoises ), Squamata (snakes and lizards ), Rhynchocephalia (the tuatara ), and Crocodylia (crocodilians ). Among several extinct groups are the dinosaurs, pterosaurs, and ichthyosaurs. ] 2 informal a person regarded with loathing and contempt. ▶adjective [ attrib. ] belonging to a reptile or to the class of reptiles: reptile eggs. ORIGIN late Middle English: from late Latin, neuter of reptilis, from Latin rept- ‘crawled, ’ from the verb repere.

 

Oxford Dictionary

reptile

rep |tile |ˈrɛptʌɪl | ▶noun 1 a cold-blooded vertebrate animal of a class that includes snakes, lizards, crocodiles, turtles, and tortoises. They are distinguished by having a dry scaly skin, and typically laying soft-shelled eggs on land. ●Class Reptilia: orders Chelonia (turtles and tortoises ), Squamata (snakes and lizards ), Rhynchocephalia (the tuatara ), and Crocodylia (crocodilians ). Among several extinct groups are the dinosaurs, pterosaurs, and ichthyosaurs. 2 informal a person regarded with loathing and contempt. ▶adjective [ attrib. ] belonging to a reptile or to the class of reptiles: reptile eggs. ORIGIN late Middle English: from late Latin, neuter of reptilis, from Latin rept- ‘crawled ’, from the verb repere.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

reptile

reptile noun WORD LINKS herpetology the study of reptiles and amphibians Word Links sections supply words that are related to the headword but do not normally appear in a thesaurus because they are not actual synonyms.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

reptile

reptile noun WORD LINKS reptile -saur related suffix, as in ichthyosaur -saurus related suffix, as in stegosaurus herpetology study of reptiles and amphibians Word Links sections supply words that are related to the headword but do not normally appear in a thesaurus because they are not actual synonyms.

 

French Dictionary

reptile

reptile n. m. nom masculin Vertébré rampant avec ou sans pattes. : Le serpent, le lézard, le crocodile sont des reptiles. Note Orthographique rept ile.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

reptile

rep tile /répt (ə )l |-taɪl /名詞 C 1 〘動 〙爬 （は ）虫類 (の動物 ) 〘ヘビ トカゲ ワニなど 〙.2 ｟くだけて ｠卑劣な人, 不愉快な人 .形容詞 1 爬虫類の ; はい回る .2 〈人が 〉卑しい, 卑劣な .