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Reptile vs Tuatara - What's the difference?

reptile | tuatara |

As nouns the difference between reptile and tuatara

is that reptile is a cold-blooded vertebrate of the class reptilia while tuatara is either of two reptiles, sphenodon punctatus'' or ''sphenodon guntheri , native to new zealand, that resemble lizards.

As a adjective reptile

is creeping; moving on the belly, or by means of small and short legs.

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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    tuatara

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • Either of two reptiles, Sphenodon punctatus'' or ''Sphenodon guntheri , native to New Zealand, that resemble lizards.