Reptilia

Reptilia
Reptilia Rep*til"i*a (r?p-t?l"?-?), n. pl. [NL.] (Zo["o]l.) A class of air-breathing oviparous vertebrates, usually covered with scales or bony plates. The heart generally has two auricles and one ventricle. The development of the young is the same as that of birds. [1913 Webster]

Note: It is nearly related in many respects to Aves, or birds. The principal existing orders are {Testidunata} or {Chelonia} (turtles), {Crocodilia}, {Lacertilla} (lizards), {Ophidia} (serpents), and {Rhynchocephala}; the chief extinct orders are {Dinosauria}, {Theremorpha}, {Mosasauria}, {Pterosauria}, {Plesiosauria}, {Ichtyosauria}. [1913 Webster]


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