Cryptic crossword clue
Nasty pirate left in base 9

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word REPTILIAN

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What does REPTILIAN mean?

REPTILIAN noun
  1. A reptilian animal: a reptile.
  2. A reptilian person, especially (racial slur) a Jew.
  3. A reptilian alien, especially (often capitalized) of a shapeshifting race purported to secretly control the world.
REPTILIAN adjective
  1. Of or relating to the members of the class Reptilia.
  2. Reptilelike.
  3. Unthinking, low, base, contemptible.
  4. Cold-blooded, treacherous, unavoidably selfish and hostile.

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