||Rep*til"i*a (r?p-t?l"?-?), n. pl.
[NL.] (Zoöl.) 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.
&fist; 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.
||Rep*til"i*a (r?p-t?l"?-?), n. pl.
[NL.] (Zoöl.) 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.
&fist; 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.
