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reptation|rɛpˈteɪʃən|
[ad. L. reptātiōn-em (Quintilian), n. of action f. reptāre to creep.]
The action of creeping or crawling.
1842Brande Dict. Sc., etc., Reptation, a mode of progression by advancing successively parts of the trunk, which occupy the place of the anterior parts which are carried forwards, as in serpents. 1947R. L. G. Irving tr. Casteret's My Caves iii. 54 Reptation involves an attitude so seldom adopted by the human race that it appears to be the fate allotted to a few inferior creatures. |
