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CROCODILIAN REPTILE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Extant archosaurian reptile
Synonyms:
crocodilian; crocodilian reptile
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("crocodilian reptile" 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 reptile"):
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 reptile" is a member of...):
Crocodilia; Crocodylia; order Crocodilia; order Crocodylia (crocodiles; alligators; caimans; gavials)
