reptilian

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It's part of what we call the reptilian core of the brain, associated with wanting, with motivation, with focus and with craving.

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  1. adjective Of or relating to reptiles.
  2. adjective Resembling or characteristic of a reptile.
  3. adjective Despicable; treacherous.

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  • So they would have to have something like a reptilian skin. —  Freeman Dyson says: let's look for life in the outer solar system
  • His Lordship's reptilian, questing face was screwed in displeasure. —  Title here
  • Psycho Babblers were reptilian, able to shift into the most gorgeous of mortals. —  Yasmine Galenorn - [Sisters of the Moon 1] - Witchling
  • Or reptilian, amphibian, humanoid, something we've never as a species seen? —  GUDMagazineIssue1::Autumn2007
  • Lest we think that this penchant for the reptilian is confined to Germany and Russia, recall that back in June, Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY) published a mind-boggling article in the Wall Street Journal, suggesting that "we" (U.S.) should re-recognize a Russian sphere of influence consistent with the one that the Soviet Union had in eastern and central Europe - in exchange for Russian "help" (?!) with problems such as terrorism and Iran. —  RedState
 

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  1. from Late Latin reptile, a reptile, + -ian.
 

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/rɛpˈtɪliən/
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