reptile

• Earle, who seemed to know something of the nature of the creature, warned Dick to stand back, as the reptile was loosening itself in readiness to make a spring. —  In Search of El Dorado
• A peculiarity of this reptile is the fleshy filament, grub-like in appearance, which it has in its mouth and which acts as a bait, attracting fish within the reach of its powerful jaws THE MUD TURTLES The Musk Turtle is a common type of the Mud Turtle and is found in abundance in the muddy streams of the eastern, part of the United States. —  Pathfinder or, The Missing Tenderfoot
• If it is a reptile, and I suppose it is; for it has frowzy hair and blue eyes, and looks like a reptile. —  The 30,000 Dollar Bequest and Other Stories
• I did not understand the words, but they seemed expressive When I found it could talk I felt a new interest in it, for I love to talk; I talk, all day, and in my sleep, too, and I am very interesting, but if I had another to talk to I could be twice as interesting, and would never stop, if desired If this reptile is a man, it isn't an IT, is it? —  The 30,000 Dollar Bequest and Other Stories
• Sobber would not have cared had Dick or his brothers been bitten by the snake, but that the reptile was at large was another story Do you think he'd be poisonous enough to kill anybody?" —  The Rover Boys on the Farm or Last Days at Putnam Hall

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