reptile
/ˈɹɛp.taɪl/ adjective C2- Creeping; moving on the belly, or by means of small and short legs.
- Grovelling; low; vulgar. · a reptile race or crew reptile vices
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As he spoke he drew the dog-whip swiftly from the dead man’s lap, and throwing the noose round the reptile’s neck he drew it from its horrid perch and, carrying it at arm’s length, threw it into the iron safe, which he closed upon it.
In 1823 Mary found the first complete skeleton of a plesiosaur, a sea reptile with a tiny head and an almost impossibly long neck.
Five years later she found the first flying reptile ever discovered in Britain.
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