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crocodile tegu

crocodile tegu noun: a semi-aquatic predatory lizard of species Crocodilurus amazonicus, found in the Amazon Basin and the Guiana Shield in South America.

crocodile tegu: a semi-aquatic predatory lizard of species Crocodilurus amazonicus, found in the Amazon Basin and...
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Noun

crocodile tegu (plural crocodile tegus)

  1. A semi-aquatic predatory lizard of species Crocodilurus amazonicus, found in the Amazon Basin and the Guiana Shield in South America.

Forms of crocodile tegu

pluralcrocodile tegus

Questions about crocodile tegu

What does crocodile tegu mean?
Crocodile tegu means a semi-aquatic predatory lizard of species Crocodilurus amazonicus, found in the Amazon Basin and the Guiana Shield in South America.
What part of speech is crocodile tegu?
Crocodile tegu is a noun.
What is the plural of crocodile tegu?
The plural of crocodile tegu is crocodile tegus.

Words near crocodile tegu in the dictionary

  1. crocodile shear
  2. crocodile shears
  3. crocodile squeezer
  4. crocodile tear
  5. crocodile tears
  6. crocodile tegu
  7. crocodile tegus
  8. crocodiled
  9. crocodiledom
  10. crocodilelike
  11. crocodilepox

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