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reptilian

/ɹepˈtɪliən/
noun
  1. A reptilian animal: a reptile.

  2. A reptilian person, especially (racial slur) a Jew.

  3. A reptilian alien, especially (often capitalized) of a shapeshifting race purported to secretly control the world.

adjective
  1. Of or relating to the members of the class Reptilia.

  2. Reptilelike.

  3. Unthinking, low, base, contemptible.

Synonymscold-blooded, reptilelike, reptilious, reptitious

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