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reptilehood

reptilehood noun: the state or essence of being a reptile.

Noun

reptilehood (uncountable)

  1. The state or essence of being a reptile.
    • And so, though you, or Dr. Bellows, or an Archangel, should convince a Christian that the theatre, or the card-table, or a fancy ball, or a racecourse, were quite proper as religious amusements, still you must, moreover, unregenerate the man's taste, enveloping his spiritual wings back again into...1859, Charles Wadsworth, The Joy in Harvest: A Thanksgiving Sermon, page 8
    • At some point in the long evolutionary voyage from reptilehood, it developed a double voice-box, the syrinx...1986, Jeffery Boswall, Birds for All Seasons, page 14
    Synonyms:
    reptiledom

Synonyms of reptilehood

Origin of reptilehood

From reptile + -hood.

Questions about reptilehood

What does reptilehood mean?
Reptilehood means the state or essence of being a reptile.
What part of speech is reptilehood?
Reptilehood is a noun.

Words near reptilehood in the dictionary

  1. reptilase
  2. reptilase time
  3. reptilase times
  4. reptile
  5. reptiledom
  6. reptilehood
  7. reptilekind
  8. reptilelike
  9. reptiles
  10. reptilia
  11. reptilian

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