reptile
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The reptile suspected to have eaten the missing man had already been killed but Captain Johan "Pottie" Potgieter said it was still a nerve-wracking experience.
From BBC • May 3, 2026
For the first time, scientists could see these structures clearly in an early reptile and reconstruct a complete breathing system in an early amniote.
From Science Daily • Apr. 23, 2026
In a study published in Nature, scientists describe the exceptional preservation of a small, lizard-like reptile called Captorhinus aguti from the early Permian period.
From Science Daily • Apr. 23, 2026
His first thoughts were that it might be another marine reptile like an ichthyosaur or plesiosaur.
From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026
It was the jawbone of some enormous reptile.
From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia
Vocabulary lists containing reptile
Life Science: Organisms and Taxonomy
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