English noun: class Reptilia |
1. | class Reptilia (animal) class of cold-blooded air-breathing vertebrates with completely ossified skeleton and a body usually covered with scales or horny plates; once the dominant land animals |
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| Synonyms | Reptilia |
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| Broader (hypernym) | class |
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| Member holonym | Anapsida, Archosauria, Lepidosauria, reptile, reptilian, subclass Anapsida, subclass Archosauria, subclass Lepidosauria, subclass Synapsida, Synapsida |
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| Member meronym | Craniata, subphylum Craniata, subphylum Vertebrata, Vertebrata |
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