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reptant
[ rep-tuhnt ]
reptant
/ ˈrɛptənt; ˈriːpənt /
adjective
- biology creeping, crawling, or lying along the ground Alsorepent
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of reptant1
Example Sentences
Reptant, rep′tant, adj. crawling: pertaining to the Reptantia, those gasteropod mollusca adapted for crawling.—n.
Nam saepe in colli tondentes pabula laeta Lanigerae reptant pecudes quo quamque vocantes Invitant herbae gemmantes rore recenti8.
Reptilia. creephole, n. retreat; subterfuge, expedient, makeshift excuse. creeping, a. crawling, reptile, reptant; fawning, truckling, obsequious, sycophantic. creeping, n. reptation; formication. creepingly, adv. insidiously, cunningly. cremate, v. incremate, incinerate. cremation, n. incremation, incineration.
Reptilia, reptiles. crawling, a. creeping, reptile, reptant, reptatorial, reptatory.--n. creeping. craze, v. madden, derange, distract; confuse, disarrange. craze, n. craziness, distraction; fancy, freak, crotchet; mania, passion, infatuation. craziness, n. insanity, lunacy, dementia, delirium; monomania; megalomania; paranoia. crazy, a. demented, deranged, insane, delirious, dementate, mad, lunatic, distracted, frantic, crazed, crack-brained; rickety, decrepit, shaky, tottering, dilapidated; desirous, eager, infatuated.
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