A class of cold-blooded vertebrate animals characterized by scaly skin and breathing through lungs, such as lizards, snakes, and turtles; also called [[爬虫|爬蟲|pa2 chong2]] or [[爬虫类动物|爬蟲類動物|pa2 chong2 lei4 dong4 wu4]].

reptile; the class of crawling animals