slug

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Slug (disambiguation)

Originally referred to a slow, lazy person, from Middle English slugge (“lazy person", also "slowth, slothfulness”), probably of either Old English or Old Norse origin; compare Norn slug (“lazy, slothful, sluggish”), dialectal Norwegian slugg (“a large, heavy body”), sluggje (“heavy, slow person”), Danish slog (“rascal, rogue”); perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sliǵ-ōn, from *sley- (“smooth; slick; sticky; slimy”) or otherwise from the root of Old Norse slókr (“lazy person, oaf”), whence Icelandic slókur (“laziness”). Compare also Dutch slak (“snail, slug”). Doublet of slotch.

inh

(herpetology) An infertile egg of a reptile.


plate

→ Maori: pereti

→ Hindi: प्लेट (pleṭ)

From Middle English plate, from Old French plate, from Medieval Latin plata, from Vulgar Latin *plat(t)us, from Ancient Greek πλατύς (platús, “broad, flat, wide”). Compare Spanish plato.
(foot): Cockney rhyming slang, from "plates of meat" for "feet".

der

(herpetology) Any of various larger scales found in some reptiles.


sublingual

Borrowed from New Latin sublinguālis, from sub- (“under, below, beneath”) + linguālis (“relating to the tongue”); equivalent to sub- + lingual.

af

(herpetology) A particular scale near the front of the lower jaw in snakes, usually in a pair.


circulus

(herpetology) A social group of reptiles where there is interaction and personal exchange between individuals.


spitter

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(herpetology, slang) Synonym of spitting cobra.


syncranterian

en-adj

syncranterian (comparative more syncranterian, superlative most syncranterian)

more syncranterian (comparative)
most syncranterian (superlative)

From syn- + Ancient Greek κραντήρες (krantḗres, “wisdom teeth”) + -ian.

der

The three Tropidonotes here described possess the true syncranterian type of dentition.

1860, Edward Drinker Cope, “Notes and descriptions of new and little known species of American Reptiles”, in Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, volume 12, page 342:

The type species, C. constrictor, definitely has syncranterian dentition.

1987, Beat Schätti, “The Phylogenetic Significance of Morphological Characters in the Holarctic Racers of the Genus Coluber”, in Amphibia-Reptilia, volume 8, number 4:

(herpetology) Having teeth in one continuous row.


diacranterian

en-adj

diacranterian (comparative more diacranterian, superlative most diacranterian)

more diacranterian (comparative)
most diacranterian (superlative)

From dia- + Ancient Greek κραντήρες (krantḗres, “wisdom teeth”) + -ian.

(herpetology) Having the back teeth separated from the front teeth.


abdominal rib

(herpetology) Any of the riblike structures that cross the abdomen in lizards.


acrochordid

(herpetology) Any member of the family Acrochordidae.


stegokrotaphic

From Ancient Greek στέγος (stégos, “roof”) + Ancient Greek κρότᾰφος (krótăphos, “temple”) + -ic.

der

(herpetology) Of a caecilian: Having a skull with a closed or fused temporal region.


zygokrotaphic

From zygo- + Ancient Greek κρότᾰφος (krótăphos, “temple”) + -ic.

(herpetology) Of a caecilian: Having a skull with an open temporal region.


axanthic

(herpetology) Coloured without normal yellow or red pigments, resulting in shades of grey.


zygokrotaphy

(herpetology) The trait of having a zygokrotaphic skull.


pythonoid

(herpetology) Any member of the Pythonoidea superfamily of snakes.


nanhsiungchelyid

(herpetology, paleontology) Any member of the Nanhsiungchelyidae family of turtles


pseudodentary

(herpetology) In caecilians, the front tooth-bearing part of the jawbone.


pseudoangular

(herpetology) In caecilians, the rear toothless part of the jawbone.


herpelid

(herpetology) Any member of the Herpelidae family of amphibians


diplodactylin

(herpetology) Any member of the Diplodactylinae subfamily of lizards.


diplodactyloid

(herpetology) Any member of the Diplodactyloidea superfamily of lizards.


lungless salamander

en-noun

lungless salamander (plural lungless salamanders)

(herpetology) Any of numerous salamanders in the family Plethodontidae, who do not have lungs, and instead respirate through their skin and the lining of their mouths.