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reptilian

/ɹɛpˈtɪljən/ noun C2
  1. A reptilian animal: a reptile.
  2. A reptilian person, especially (ethnic slur) a Jew. (figuratively)
  3. A reptilian alien, especially (ufology, often capitalized) of a shapeshifting race alleged to secretly control the world.

Plural reptilians

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His shoulders are rounded from much study, and his face protrudes forward, and is forever slowly oscillating from side to side in a curiously reptilian fashion.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 107 · B2

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