Adjective
Creeping
;
moving
on
the
belly
,
or
by
means
of
small
and
short
legs
.
Noun
--
modern
common-parlance
/
non-taxonomic
definition
--
>
A
(
typically
scaly
and
egg-laying
)
cold-blooded
vertebrate
tetrapod
animal
,
of
the
class
(
excluding
birds
),
such
as
a
lizard
,
turtle
,
snake
,
crocodile
,
alligator
,
etc
.