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reptant

adjective as in creeping

adjective as in reptilian

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Reptant, rep′tant, adj. crawling: pertaining to the Reptantia, those gasteropod mollusca adapted for crawling.—n.

Nam saepe in colli tondentes pabula laeta Lanigerae reptant pecudes quo quamque vocantes Invitant herbae gemmantes rore recenti8.

Reptilia. creephole, n. retreat; subterfuge, expedient, makeshift excuse. creeping, a. crawling, reptile, reptant; fawning, truckling, obsequious, sycophantic. creeping, n. reptation; formication. creepingly, adv. insidiously, cunningly. cremate, v. incremate, incinerate. cremation, n. incremation, incineration.

Reptilia, reptiles. crawling, a. creeping, reptile, reptant, reptatorial, reptatory.--n. creeping. craze, v. madden, derange, distract; confuse, disarrange. craze, n. craziness, distraction; fancy, freak, crotchet; mania, passion, infatuation. craziness, n. insanity, lunacy, dementia, delirium; monomania; megalomania; paranoia. crazy, a. demented, deranged, insane, delirious, dementate, mad, lunatic, distracted, frantic, crazed, crack-brained; rickety, decrepit, shaky, tottering, dilapidated; desirous, eager, infatuated.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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