REPTILES; in Latin, Reptilia; in Greek, Ramesh. ἑρπετόν. Reptile.Herpeta; in Hebrew, Ramisim. These are Animals that have no Feet, or at least such short ones, that they seem to creep or crawl upon the Ground. Thus Serpents, Earth-worms, Locusts, Catterpillars, Flies, are taken for Reptiles. The Hebrews put Fishes also in the Rank of Reptiles, whatever Nature or Shape Gen. i. 21. Levit. xi. 46. Psalm lxix. 35, &c.they may be of. This Name is sometimes also extended to such Land Animals, as are not of the Nature of the great Beasts for Service, nor of the larger wild Beasts. In a Word, to creep upon the Earth, is sometimes used for moving, or going to and fro, as all four-footed Creatures do.
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