Sentences with 'reptile'
Example sentences and phrases with the word reptile and other words derived from it.
• « The dimorphodont, perhaps the classic winged reptile, glided for hours catching insects which it deposited in a pelican-like pouch at its throat. »
• « In the Galapagos Islands there is an animal that must be observed closely to determine whether it is a reconstructed museum piece or a living being, a reptile that Darwin described "live and direct": the Galapagos iguana or amblirrinco: the only saurian adapted to the marine environment that survives on the planet. Sadly, this animal's days are numbered: the species - once decimated for the value of its skin - is seriously threatened, at risk of extinction. »