Creeping; moving on the belly, or by means of small and short legs.
Used in a Sentence
reptile
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for reptile.
Editorial note
The fact that they meant the reptile and not the language kind of sealed the deal for me.
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Definitions4
Parts of speech2
Quick take
Creeping; moving on the belly, or by means of small and short legs.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of reptile gathered in one view.
Grovelling; low; vulgar.
(zoology, cladistic) Any member of Reptilia, including birds.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for reptile.
adjective
Creeping; moving on the belly, or by means of small and short legs.
adjective
Grovelling; low; vulgar.
noun
(zoology, cladistic) Any member of Reptilia, including birds.
noun
(figuratively, dated) A mean, grovelling, loathsome or repulsive person.
Example sentences
The fact that they meant the reptile and not the language kind of sealed the deal for me.
For example, Andrew Marcuvitz, whom Ferguson depicts as basically a reptile, doesn't actually do anything bad.
A person with a mortal fear of snakes shouldn't work in a reptile exhibit, a pyromaniac shouldn't work at a firehouse.
That's essentially mindfulness too -- you catch a negative thought and then you construct a counter-argument against it to placate the reptile-brain.
A python of the reptile variety might do a better job on the squirrels.
Again about the hidden mechanisms with which we make decisions and our reptile brain.
This blew my mind: > Rats are responsible for about half of all bird and reptile extinctions on islands, according to Gregg Howald of the group Island Conservation.
Partly because of the content: unless you're a reptile you are faced with a series of decisions about whether this really awful thing is too awful or just awful enough.
Maybe not reptile, but certainly invertebrate.
I highly recommend the book Echopraxia, sci-fi written by a marine biologist which explores voices in heads as reptile programs not unlike shell daemons communicating through audio.
One possibility that I've been meaning to try is a ceramic reptile heat bulb mounted in an articulated desk lamp, with a dimmer to tune the wattage.
Its recreational lake[1] (where students canoe, water ski, swim, etc) is infested with gators (the reptile kind, not the students, though there are lots of them too).
Quote examples
If you're reporting on official misconduct then why, you're a "conspiracy theorist!" That means you probably also believe that the Queen of England is a shape shifting reptile and that the military is collaborating with aliens!
The real dynamic is a touch of so-called "reptile brain" plus a heaping portion of self-reinforcing cult of male ego.
What is it that in fact makes the subject so far-fetched and a topic treated the same way as the "the president is a man-reptile from neptune" kind of conspiracies?
I think that he's oversimplifying the dynamic, and I don't think that the emotional/"reptile" dynamic is the only one.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use reptile in a sentence?
The fact that they meant the reptile and not the language kind of sealed the deal for me.
What does reptile mean?
Creeping; moving on the belly, or by means of small and short legs.
What part of speech is reptile?
reptile is commonly used as adjective, noun.