REPTILE Synonyms
There are 8 hypernyms of the word reptile. (close relations)
reptilian
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alligator | nounn | |||||||
noun • leather made from alligator's hide • either of two amphibious reptiles related to crocodiles but with shorter broader snouts verb • crack and acquire the appearance of alligator hide, as from weathering or improper application; of paint and varnishes | ||||||||
chameleon | nounn | |||||||
noun • a faint constellation in the polar region of the Southern Hemisphere near Apus and Mensa • a changeable or inconstant person • lizard of Africa and Madagascar able to change skin color and having a projectile tongue | ||||||||
crocodile | nounn | |||||||
noun • large voracious aquatic reptile having a long snout with massive jaws and sharp teeth and a body covered with bony plates; of sluggish tropical waters | ||||||||
dragon | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
noun • a faint constellation twisting around the North Celestial Pole and lying between Ursa Major and Cepheus • a creature of Teutonic mythology; usually represented as breathing fire and having a reptilian body and sometimes wings • a fiercely vigilant and unpleasant woman • any of several small tropical Asian lizards capable of gliding by spreading winglike membranes on each side of the body | ||||||||
gecko | nounn | |||||||
noun • any of various small chiefly tropical and usually nocturnal insectivorous terrestrial lizards typically with immovable eyelids; completely harmless | ||||||||
iguana | nounn | |||||||
noun • large herbivorous tropical American arboreal lizards with a spiny crest along the back; used as human food in Central America and South America | ||||||||
lizard | nounn | |||||||
noun • relatively long-bodied reptile with usually two pairs of legs and a tapering tail • a man who idles about in the lounges of hotels and bars in search of women who would support him | ||||||||
snake | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • limbless scaly elongate reptile; some are venomous • a tributary of the Columbia River that rises in Wyoming and flows westward; discovered in 1805 by the Lewis and Clark Expedition • a long faint constellation in the Southern Hemisphere near the equator stretching between Virgo and Cancer • a deceitful or treacherous person • something long, thin, and flexible that resembles a snake • a long flexible steel coil for dislodging stoppages in curved pipes verb • move smoothly and sinuously, like a snake • form a snake-like pattern • move along a winding path | ||||||||
turtle | nounn | |||||||
noun • a sweater or jersey with a high close-fitting collar • any of various aquatic and land reptiles having a bony shell and flipper-like limbs for swimming verb • overturn accidentally • hunt for turtles, especially as an occupation | ||||||||
crawling | verbv | |||||||
noun • a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body | ||||||||
creeping | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||||
noun • a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body | ||||||||
reptilian | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
adjective • of or relating to the class Reptilia noun • any cold-blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia including tortoises, turtles, snakes, lizards, alligators, crocodiles, and extinct forms | ||||||||
reptilious | ||||||||
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