reptilious

comparative more reptilious · superlative most reptilious

1. datedSynonym of reptile: creeping, crawling.

   Reptilious, creeping, crawling, swarming upon the belly, etc.

   1771, William Pardon & al., A New General English Dictionary, 14th ed., s.v. "Reptilious"

   Synonyms: reptant, reptatorial, reptatory, reptitious, reptile

2. datedSynonym of reptilian: reptilelike, of or related to members of the class Reptilia.

   The lecturer... pointed out the peculiar difference in the process of breathing which distinguished the reptilious from the aquatic species.

   1858 December 8, Birmingham Daily Post, page 4

   Synonyms: reptilian, saurian, reptilelike, reptilian, reptitious, saurian, sauroid, reptilian