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crocodilian

/ˌkɹɒkəˈdɪliən/

crocodilian noun: any reptile of the order Crocodilia; a crocodile, alligator, caiman or gavial.

crocodilian: any reptile of the order Crocodilia; a crocodile, alligator, caiman or gavial
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Noun

crocodilian (plural crocodilians)

  1. Any reptile of the order Crocodilia; a crocodile, alligator, caiman or gavial.
    • 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.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
    • Superb predators, the crocodilians are reptiles, and the only survivors of the archosaurs that included dinosaurs.2001, F. Lynne Bachleda, Dangerous Wildlife in the Southeast, page 33

Adjective

crocodilian (not comparable)

  1. of, pertaining to, or resembling crocodiles

crocodilian meaning in Tamil and Thai

crocodilian in Tamil

crocodilian; crocodile, alligator etc
முதலை mutalai

crocodilian in Thai

reptiles
จระเข้ jɔɔ-rá-kêe

Examples of crocodilian in a sentence

  • 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.2001, Patricia Pope Bartlett, Billy Griswold, Richard D. Bartlett, Reptiles, Amphibians, and Invertebrates: An Identification and Care...
  • However, it is possible that baby titanoboas and Titanoboa eggs were preyed upon by the same crocodilians the adults ate.2024 May 27, Rebecca Bales, Titanoboa, AZ Animals:

All 10 example sentences with crocodilian

Forms of crocodilian

pluralcrocodilians

Origin of crocodilian

From crocodile + -ian; compare translingual Crocodilia.

Questions about crocodilian

What does crocodilian mean?
Crocodilian means any reptile of the order Crocodilia; a crocodile, alligator, caiman or gavial.
What is crocodilian in Tamil?
Crocodilian in Tamil is முதலை (mutalai). See Crocodilian meaning in Tamil.
How do you use crocodilian in a sentence?
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.
What part of speech is crocodilian?
Crocodilian can be a noun or an adjective.
How do you pronounce crocodilian?
Crocodilian is pronounced /ˌkɹɒkəˈdɪliən/.
What is the plural of crocodilian?
The plural of crocodilian is crocodilians.

Words near crocodilian in the dictionary

  1. crocodilelike
  2. crocodilepox
  3. crocodiles
  4. crocodiles' tears
  5. crocodiley
  6. crocodilian
  7. crocodilians
  8. crocodiliform
  9. crocodiling
  10. crocodility
  11. crocodilly

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Adapted from Wiktionary: crocodilian (page history and authors); முதலை (Tamil) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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