reptiledom

noun

Etymology

From reptile + -dom.

  1. derived from *rep-
  2. derived from rēpō
  3. derived from rēptile
  4. derived from reptile
  5. inherited from reptil
  6. suffixed as reptiledom — “reptile + dom

Definitions

  1. The state of being a reptile, or of belonging to the world of reptiles

    The state of being a reptile, or of belonging to the world of reptiles; reptiles, collectively.

    • It is generally allowed that birds have risen out of reptiledom.
    • It is common enough practice for them to turn cannibals and eat their own offspring — rather despicable business, this eating of one's own children, but possibly considered good form in reptiledom.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for reptiledom. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA