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CROCODILIAN

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Extant archosaurian reptile

Synonyms:

crocodilian; crocodilian reptile

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

diapsid; diapsid reptile (reptile having a pair of openings in the skull behind each eye)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "crocodilian"):

crocodile (large voracious aquatic reptile having a long snout with massive jaws and sharp teeth and a body covered with bony plates; of sluggish tropical waters)

false gavial; Tomistoma schlegeli (crocodile of southeast Asia similar to but smaller than the gavial)

alligator; gator (either of two amphibious reptiles related to crocodiles but with shorter broader snouts)

caiman; cayman (a semiaquatic reptile of Central and South America that resembles an alligator but has a more heavily armored belly)

gavial; Gavialis gangeticus (large fish-eating Indian crocodilian with a long slender snout)

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

Crocodilia; Crocodylia; order Crocodilia; order Crocodylia (crocodiles; alligators; caimans; gavials)

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