Reptile

//ˈɹɛp.taɪl//

"Reptile" in a Sentence (16 examples)

The study did rule out the possibility that Nessie, the favorite of folklore, is a long-necked ancient reptile called a plesiosaur. The study also rejected speculations that it might be a Greenland shark or a giant sturgeon.

Researchers say they have determined a mystery fossil discovered in Antarctica in 2011 is a large egg, possibly laid by an ancient aquatic reptile.

A scaly is like a furry whose "fursona" is a reptile or amphibian.

A scalie is like a furry whose "fursona" is a reptile or amphibian.

A German-Madagascan expedition team has discovered the smallest reptile on earth in Madagascar.

Australian paleontologists have discovered a new species of a prehistoric flying reptile.

Australian paleontologists have discovered a new species of a prehistoric flying reptile in outback Queensland.

Researchers have said the pterosaur, a type of flying reptile, was the “closest thing we have to a real-life dragon.”

Wash your hands thoroughly with soap and warm water immediately after touching a reptile or amphibian, or anything in the area where they live and roam.

Which reptile lives the longest?

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This work may, indeed, be considered as a great creation of our own; and for a little reptile of a critic to presume to find fault with any of its parts, without knowing the manner in which the whole is connected, and before he comes to the final catastrophe, is a most presumptuous absurdity.

"That reptile," whispered Pott, catching Mr. Pickwick by the arm, and pointing towards the stranger. "That reptile — Slurk, of the Independent!"

[…] If I pitied you for crying and looking so very frightened, you should spurn such pity. Ellen, tell him how disgraceful this conduct is. Rise, and don’t degrade yourself into an abject reptile—don’t!

a reptile race or crew    reptile vices

There is also a false, reptile prudence, the result not of caution, but of fear.

My herald shall appoint a week, / And let the recreant traitors seek / My tournay court—that there and then / I may dislodge their reptile souls / From the bodies and forms of men!

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