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reptilian

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Adjective

  1. Of or relating to the members of the class Reptilia (reptiles).
  2. Reptilelike.
  3. Unthinking, low, base, contemptible.
  4. Cold-blooded, treacherous, unavoidably selfish and hostile.

Noun

  1. A reptilian animal: a reptile.
  2. A reptilian person, especially (ethnic slur) a Jew.
  3. A reptilian alien, especially (ufology, often capitalized) of a shapeshifting race alleged to secretly control the world.

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