reptile

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A cold-blooded vertebrate animal with scales or scutes, such as snakes, lizards, turtles, and crocodiles.

• The zoo has an exhibit featuring various reptiles from around the world.
• Snakes and lizards are the most common types of reptiles kept as pets.
• Reptiles regulate their body temperature by basking in the sun.
• Paleontologists discovered fossilized remains of a reptile species that inhabited the region during the Mesozoic era millions of years ago.
• Unlike mammals, most reptile species lay eggs with leathery shells and rely on external heat sources for thermoregulation.
• Conservation biologists are concerned that habitat fragmentation threatens several endemic reptile populations in tropical rainforest regions.

Aşağılık, hain veya iğrenç olarak görülen kişi

A person regarded as contemptible, treacherous, or repulsive.

• I can't believe that reptile sold us out to the competition.
• He's such a reptile—he'd betray his own friends for money.

Eş anlamlılar: snake, creep, scoundrel, vermin