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herptiles

herptiles is the plural of herptile.

Meaning of herptile

Noun

herptile (plural herptiles)

  1. A reptile or amphibian.
    • Of all the vertebrates, the herptiles (reptiles and amphibians), mammals and birds predominate in terrestrial grassland ecosystems.1980, L. D. Harris, G. B. Bowman, “Vertebrate predator subsystem, chapter 6”, in Alicja I. Breymeyer, George M. Van Dyne, editors, Grasslands, systems analysis, and man, Cambridge University Press...

Questions about herptiles

What is herptiles the plural of?
Herptiles is the plural of herptile.

Words near herptiles in the dictionary

  1. herpolhode
  2. herpolhodes
  3. herpotrichiellaceous
  4. herps
  5. herptile
  6. herptiles
  7. herpyllobiid
  8. herpyllobiids
  9. Herr
  10. Herra
  11. Herrada

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