reptiles

pl. [Latin, masc. or fem. pl. of reptilis.] [REPTILE.] Zool.: An order of Linnæus' cla Amphibia (q.v.). It contained the following genera: Testudo (fifteen species), Rana (seventeen species), Draco (two species), and Lacerta (forty-eight species, including six Batrachians). [SERPENTES.]