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Stage 1 of 2
reptilis
Latin · ancient
"creeping, crawling"
creeping, from repere (to creep, to crawl)
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Stage 2 of 2
reptile
English · 1300s
"a cold-blooded, scaly crawling animal"
settled as the biological word for cold-blooded, scaly crawling animals
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