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reptile

[rep-tahyl, -til] / ˈrɛp taɪl, -tɪl /


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Documents said the abandoned venture planned to include "reptile, mongoose and several animal enclosures".

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

The alarming reptile was “last seen in a tree within a residential neighborhood near Main Street and Edinger Avenue,” according to the department’s warning to the public.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026

Years later, after Ruane became a scientist who sometimes has the opportunity to assign official names to newly recognized reptile species, she returned to that old magazine interview.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 18, 2026

There were two other sightings of the species in Orange County in January and November of 2018, said Greg Pauly, a reptile expert with the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

The reptile attacks again, but the Obayifo is quicker than expected.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

Working with the Zoological Society of London, WWF tracks nearly 36,000 populations of almost 6,000 species of mammals, birds, fish, reptiles and amphibians.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

The reptiles also are illegal to own as pets in California.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

"It is also striking that Austronaga had a fairly short and uncomplicated digestive tract, very similar to that of today's fish-eating reptiles."

From Science Daily ● Sep. 29, 2026

Hannah Ellins, head of reptiles and invertebrates, said: "We do a lot of work with exotics, but it's cool being able to help our animals here."

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

I'll watch a movie in which an attractive woman in a sports bra, a handsome widower, and a pair of weak-chinned cowards are pursued by mighty reptiles or visitors from another galaxy.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris


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