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Reptile vs Herptile - What's the difference?

reptile | herptile |

As nouns the difference between reptile and herptile

is that reptile is while herptile is (biology|chiefly|ecology) a reptile or amphibian.

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.

    Anagrams

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    herptile

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (biology, chiefly, ecology) A reptile or amphibian.
  • * 1980 , L. D. Harris and G. B. Bowman, "Vertebrate predator subsystem", chapter 6 of Alicja I. Breymeyer and George M. Van Dyne (editors), Grasslands, systems analysis, and man , Cambridge University Press, ISBN 9780521218726, page 592:
    • Of all the vertebrates, the herptiles (reptiles and amphibians), mammals and birds predominate in terrestrial grassland ecosystems.
  • * 1996 , Robert H. Kadlec and Robert Lee Knight, Treatment Wetlands: Theory and Implementation , CRC Press, ISBN 978-0-87371-930-8, page 169:
    • Because of the higher primary and secondary productivity in treatment wetlands compared to natural wetlands, herptile populations and all other higher consumer groups are frequently abundant.
  • * 2008 , Mary M. Rowland and Michael J. Wisdom, "Habitat Networks for Terrestrial Wildlife: Concepts and Case Studies", chapter 19 of Joshua J. Millspaugh and Frank R. Thompson, III (editors), Models for Planning Wildlife Conservation in Large Landscapes , Academic Press, ISBN 978-0-12-373631-4, page 516:
    • Forty vertebrates [=forty vertebrate species] of concern, including 13 mammals, 17 birds, and 10 herptiles , were selected for analysis (Table 19-3).

    Usage notes

    This term is used to encompass both reptiles and amphibians, especially in situations where a member of either group of animals is meant without excluding the other.

    Related terms

    * herpetology * herp