Reptant

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Creeping or crawling; repent; reptatory; reptile; specifically, of or pertaining to the Reptantia.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Same as Repent.
  • adjective. Creeping; crawling; -- said of reptiles, worms, etc.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Creeping along the ground.
  • Word Usage
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    repent