reptant

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adjective

Creeping along the ground.

Scrabble 9

Meanings

adjective
  1. biologyCreeping along the ground.

    Synonyms: repent, reptatorial, reptatory

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveCreeping along the ground.

Origin

  1. Latinrēptō“to creep”
  2. Englishreptant

From Latin rēptō (“to creep”).

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