crocodilian

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English

A crocodilian, Alligator sinensis

Etymology

From crocodile +‎ -ian; compare translingual Crocodilia.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌkɹɒkəˈdɪliən/

Noun

crocodilian (plural crocodilians)

  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.
    • 2001, F. Lynne Bachleda, Dangerous Wildlife in the Southeast, page 33:
      Superb predators, the crocodilians are reptiles, and the only survivors of the archosaurs that included dinosaurs.
    • 2001, Patricia Pope Bartlett, Billy Griswold, Richard D. Bartlett, Reptiles, Amphibians, and Invertebrates: An Identification and Care Guide, page 191:
      Crocodilians are essentially lizard-like in basic shape and are adapted to a largely aquatic life. ln water, they hunt and eat their prey and advertise their size and location by bellowing.

Translations

Adjective

crocodilian (not comparable)

  1. of, pertaining to, or resembling crocodiles

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French crocodilien.

Noun

crocodilian m (plural crocodilieni)

  1. crocodilian

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