Definitions for "Reptiles"
(venomous snakes) Found in the Chamber of Reptiles, Valley Dor, Thern territory. These were the only reptiles I had ever seen upon Barsoom, but I knew from their similarity to the fossilized remains of supposedly extinct species I had seen in the museums of Helium that they comprised many of the known prehistoric reptilian genera, as well as others undiscovered. A more hideous aggregation of monsters had never before assailed my vision. It would be futile to attempt to describe them to Earth men, since substance is the only thing which they possess in common with any creature of the past or present with which you are familiar--even their venom is of an unearthly virulence that, by comparison, would make the cobra de capello seem quite as harmless as an angleworm. Reptiles were instrumental in Ras Thavas' research that resulted in the creation of hormads... He experimented with various reptiles which reproduce certain parts of their bodies, such as toes, tails and limbs...(Synthetic)
class of air-breathing, generally scaly, vertebrates that includes snakes, lizards, alligators, and dinosaurs
A class of air-breathing, cold-blooded, scaly, vertebrates. There are more than 6,000 species on all continents, except Antarctica, including snakes, crocodiles, lizards, and turtles.
Reptiles is a lithograph print by the Dutch artist M. C. Escher which was first printed in March, 1943.