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Crocodilian

//ˌkɹɒkəˈdɪliən// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    of, pertaining to, or resembling crocodiles not-comparable
Noun
  1. 1
    Any reptile of the order Crocodilia; a crocodile, alligator, caiman or gavial.

    "1989, Walter P. Coombs, Jr., Modern analogs for dinosaur nesting and parental behavior, James Orville Farlow (editor), Paleobiology of the Dinosaurs, Issue 238, page 47, Mound-nesting crocodilians and megapodes appear to be indifferent to nest-site parameters, but susceptibility of crocodilian mound nests to predation or drowning may be altered by site selection."

  2. 2
    extant archosaurian reptile wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From crocodile + -ian; compare translingual Crocodilia.

Etymology 2

From crocodile + -ian; compare translingual Crocodilia.

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