*tilia*

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. L. lacertus a lizard. ] (Zool.) An order of Reptilia, which includes the lizards. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ They are closely related to the snakes, and like the latter, usually have the body covered with scales or granules. They usually have eyelids, and most of then have well-formed legs; but in some groups (amphisbæna, glass-snake, etc.) the legs are absent and the body is serpentlike. None are venomous, unless Heloderma be an exception. The order includes the chameleons, the Cionocrania, or typical lizards, and the amphisbænas. See Amphisbæna, Gecko, Gila monster, and Lizard. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. & n. Same as Lacertian. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. ] (Zool.) A class of air-breathing oviparous vertebrates, usually covered with scales or bony plates. The heart generally has two auricles and one ventricle. The development of the young is the same as that of birds. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ It is nearly related in many respects to Aves, or birds. The principal existing orders are Testidunata or Chelonia (turtles), Crocodilia, Lacertilla (lizards), Ophidia (serpents), and Rhynchocephala; the chief extinct orders are Dinosauria, Theremorpha, Mosasauria, Pterosauria, Plesiosauria, Ichtyosauria. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Belonging to the reptiles. [ 1913 Webster ]

Reptilian age (Geol.), that part of geological time comprising the Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous periods, and distinguished as that era in which the class of reptiles attained its highest expansion; -- called also the Secondary or Mezozoic age. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) One of the Reptilia; a reptile. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) Any species of lamellicorn beetles belonging to Rutila and allied genera, as the spotted grapevine beetle (Pelidnota punctata). [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ LL. subtiliare. ] To make thin or rare. [ Obs. ] Harvey. -- Sub`til*i*a"tion n. [Obs.] Boyle. [1913 Webster]

‖n. [ L., linden. Cf. Teil. ] (Bot.) A genus of trees, the lindens, the type of the family Tiliaceae, distinguished by the winglike bract coalescent with the peduncle, and by the indehiscent fruit having one or two seeds. There are about twenty species, natives of temperate regions. Many species are planted as ornamental shade trees, and the tough fibrous inner bark is a valuable article of commerce. Also, a plant of this genus. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]