| class Reptilia 
 
 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
 • Syn:
 Reptilia
 • Derivationally related forms:
 reptilian (for: Reptilia)
 • Hypernyms:
 class
 • Member Holonyms:
 Vertebrata, subphylum Vertebrata, Craniata, subphylum Craniata
 • Member Meronyms:
 reptile, reptilian, Anapsida, subclass Anapsida, Lepidosauria,
 subclass Lepidosauria, Archosauria, subclass Archosauria, Synapsida, subclass Synapsida
 
 
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