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Reptile vs Choristodere - What's the difference?

reptile | choristodere |

As nouns the difference between reptile and choristodere

is that reptile is while choristodere is (biology) any member of the choristodera order of extinct reptiles.

reptile

English

(wikipedia reptile)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A cold-blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia .
  • (figuratively) A mean or grovelling person.
  • * Charles Dickens, The Pickwick Papers
    • "That reptile ," whispered Pott, catching Mr. Pickwick by the arm, and pointing towards the stranger. "That reptile — Slurk, of the Independent!"

    Hyponyms

    * See also

    Related terms

    * mammal-like reptile * Reptilia * reptilian * reptilianness * reptiliology * reptiliologist * reptiliologists [http://books.google.ca/books?id=TnYBAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA228&lpg=PA228&dq=%22reptiliologists%22&source=bl&ots=qXCApoFKv0&sig=hR4TkkqpuyWpYqBrshiMLrWzGcQ&hl=en&sa=X&ei=6D_UT4qaF6bS2QXgmvmuDw&ved=0CCEQ6AEwAA
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    See also

    * herpetology * for a list of reptiles in English * (wikipedia "reptile")

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Creeping; moving on the belly, or by means of small and short legs.
  • Grovelling; low; vulgar.
    • a reptile''' race or crew; '''reptile vices
  • * Burke
    • There is also a false, reptile prudence, the result not of caution, but of fear.
  • * Coleridge
    • And dislodge their reptile souls / From the bodies and forms of men.

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    choristodere

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (biology) Any member of the Choristodera order of extinct reptiles