reptile

(noun, adjective)

adjective

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

2. Grovelling; low; vulgar.

- a reptile race or crew; reptile vices

noun

1. any cold-blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia including tortoises, turtles, snakes, lizards, alligators, crocodiles, and extinct forms

Similar word(s): reptilian

Definition categories: animal, craniate, vertebrate