Reptilia

See also: reptilia

Translingual

Etymology

Derived from Latin reptilis (“creeping”).

Proper noun

Reptilia

  1. A taxonomic class within the superclass Tetrapoda – all reptiles (including birds).[1]

Hypernyms

Hyponyms

  • (class): Aves – subclass

Coordinate terms

  • (class): Synapsidomorpha (includes mammals and mammal-like reptiles) – clade

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. PMID 25923521, →DOI
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