English noun: Reptilia | |||
| 1. | 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 | ||
| Synonyms | class Reptilia | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | class | ||
| Member holonym | Anapsida, Archosauria, Lepidosauria, reptile, reptilian, subclass Anapsida, subclass Archosauria, subclass Lepidosauria, subclass Synapsida, Synapsida | ||
| Member meronym | Craniata, subphylum Craniata, subphylum Vertebrata, Vertebrata | ||