reptile
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A newly described prehistoric reptile is giving scientists a surprising look at how some ancient animals may have changed the way they moved as they grew.
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
Not to belabor the reptile references, but Byrne is something of a creative chameleon, moving easily from drama to comedy to horror, film to television to stage and back again.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 25, 2026
Ewan Bodenham, 29, named the prehistoric reptile after his former physics teacher David Rhys Jones in Cardigan, Ceredigion.
From BBC • Feb. 17, 2026
If one of them found him, he’d at least like them to know that he’d died in a life-or-death fight with a vicious reptile.
From "Hello, Universe" by Erin Entrada Kelly
Vocabulary lists containing reptile
Life Science: Organisms and Taxonomy
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Animals (Zoology) - Introductory
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Paleontology: Dinosaurs - Introductory
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