Definition of reptile

• a. - Creeping; moving on the belly, or by means of small and short legs.
• a. - Hence: Groveling; low; vulgar; as, a reptile race or crew; reptile vices.
• n. - An animal that crawls, or moves on its belly, as snakes,, or by means of small, short legs, as lizards, and the like.
• n. - One of the Reptilia, or one of the Amphibia.
• n. - A groveling or very mean person.