Definitions for Reptilia

Reptilia Rep·til·i·a

Spelling: [rep-til-ee-uh]
IPA: /rɛpˈtɪl i ə/

Reptilia is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 306 anagrams from letters in Reptilia (aeiilprt).

Definitions for Reptilia

noun

  1. the class comprising the reptiles.
  2. a building for the public exhibition of reptiles.

Origin of Reptilia

From New Latin, dating back to 1620-30; See origin at reptilian

Examples for Reptilia

It was unfortunate for this particular anaconda that the Reptilia are not great reasoners.

The ovum has in all Reptilia a very similar structure to that in Birds.

The wrist bones in the Reptilia usually consist of two rows.

Owing to the development of the common iliac veins there is no renal portal system like that of the Reptilia and Amphibia.

In Reptilia it lies close to the trachea, and in the Chelonia and Crocodilia is paired.

The Batrachians differ essentially from all other orders of Reptilia.

Other examples are afforded by the alimentary tract of some of the Amphibia and Reptilia.

There are no vomerine, palatine, or pterygoid teeth, such as are met with in Amphibia and Reptilia.

In the case of Reptilia the anterior two or three segmental tubes in the region of the testis probably have this function.

In Birds the cellular tube formed round the notochord is far thicker than in the Reptilia.

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