reptatorial

From reptatory (“crawling, creeping”) +‎ -al (suffix forming adjectives). Reptatory is probably derived from New Latin reptatorius (used in the binomial nomenclature of species), from Latin rēptātus (“on which one has crawled; where one has swum”) + -tōrius (suffix forming adjectives);[1] rēptātus is the perfect passive participle of rēptō (“to crawl or creep (over or through)”), the frequentative form of rēpō (“to crawl, creep”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁reh₁p-.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌɹɛp.təˈtɔː.ɹɪ.əl/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌɹɛp.təˈtɔ.ɹɪ.əl/
• Rhymes: -ɔːɹɪəl
• Hyphenation: rep‧ta‧tor‧i‧al

reptatorial (not comparable)

1. (zoology) Crawling, creeping.

   Synonyms: reptant, (obsolete) reptatory

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