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CROCODILIA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Crocodiles; alligators; caimans; gavials

Synonyms:

Crocodilia; Crocodylia; order Crocodilia; order Crocodylia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Crocodilia" is a kind of...):

animal order (the order of animals)

Meronyms (members of "Crocodilia"):

crocodilian; crocodilian reptile (extant archosaurian reptile)

Crocodylidae; family Crocodylidae (true crocodiles)

Alligatoridae; family Alligatoridae (alligators; caimans)

family Gavialidae; Gavialidae (gavials)

Holonyms ("Crocodilia" is a member of...):

Archosauria; subclass Archosauria (a large subclass of diapsid reptiles including: crocodiles; alligators; dinosaurs; pterosaurs; plesiosaurs; ichthyosaurs; thecodonts)

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