reptilian

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Relating to reptiles such as snakes, lizards, and crocodiles.

   The museum's reptilian exhibit included a huge model of a crocodile.

2. 2
   adj

   Cold, unfeeling, and untrustworthy, like a reptile.

   There was something reptilian about his cold, calculating stare.

3. 3
   noun

   A reptile; a cold-blooded animal such as a snake or lizard.

   Crocodiles are among the largest living reptilians.

From reptile + -ian, replacing earlier reptilious and adjectival reptile.

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