creeple

noun

creeple

noun

/ˈkɹiːpəl/

Etymology From creep + -le.

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UK, Dialectal, Obsolete A creeping creature; a reptile.

There is one creeping beast, or long creeple (as the name is in Devonshire), that hath a rattle at his tail that doth discover his age.1632, Thomas Morton, New English Canaan:

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