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Reptiles is slang for footwear made from dead reptile skin, such as snakeskin or crocodile−skin.
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Any one of several species of fossil suarians belonging to Teleosaurus and allied genera. These reptiles are related to the crocodiles, but have biconcave vertebrae.
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In mammals, a fluid excretion from the kidneys; in birds and reptiles, a solid or semisolid excretion.
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The anal opening of certain invertebrates and fishes; also, the external cloacal opening of reptiles, birds, amphibians, and many fishes.
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A comprehensive group of vertebrates, comprising the reptiles and birds.
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Above the eyes; -- said of certain scales of fishes and reptiles.
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The anatomy or dissection of reptiles.
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Any one of numerous species of reptiles of the order Testudinata.
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A small bone between the nasal septum and the maxilla in many reptiles and amphibians.
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An extinct order of marine reptiles, including Ichthyosaurus and allied forms; -- called also Ichthyopterygia. They have not been found later than the Cretaceous period.
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A genus of extinct crocodilian reptiles of the Jurassic period, having a long and slender snout.
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To winter; to pass the season of winter in close quarters, in a torpid or lethargic state, as certain mammals, reptiles, and insects.
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Above the angular bone; supra-angular; -- applied to a bone of the lower jaw in many reptiles and birds.
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Having dorsal vertebrae with long and divided transverse processes; -- applied to certain reptiles.
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One of the small, thin, membranous, bony or horny pieces which form the covering of many fishes and reptiles, and some mammals, belonging to the dermal part of the skeleton, or dermoskeleton. See Cycloid, Ctenoid, and Ganoid.
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A large South American lizard (Tejus teguexin). It becomes three or four feet long, and is blackish above, marked with yellowish spots of various sizes. It feeds upon fruits, insects, reptiles, young birds, and birds' eggs. The closely allied species Tejus rufescens is called red teguexin.
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An extinct order of reptiles found in the Permian and Triassic formations in South Africa. In some respects they resembled carnivorous mammals. Called also Theromorpha.
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Any bird of the genus Ibis and several allied genera, of the family Ibidae, inhabiting both the Old World and the New. Numerous species are known. They are large, wading birds, having a long, curved beak, and feed largely on reptiles.
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Situated beyond or outside the palatine bone; -- said of a bone in the skull of some reptiles.
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An extinct genus of marine reptiles; -- so named from their short, biconcave vertebrae, resembling those of fishes. Several species, varying in length from ten to thirty feet, are known from the Liassic, Oolitic, and Cretaceous formations.
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An order of reptiles which includes the turtles and tortoises. The body is covered by a shell consisting of an upper or dorsal shell, called the carapace, and a lower or ventral shell, called the plastron, each of which consists of several plates.
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