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gavialid

gavialid noun: any reptile of the family Gavialidae.

gavialid: any reptile of the family Gavialidae
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Noun

gavialid (plural gavialids)

  1. Any reptile of the family Gavialidae.
    • The gavialids, found in India, eat fish and have slender snouts.1999, Patricia L. Barnes-Svarney, Thomas E. Svarney, The Oryx Guide to Natural History: The Earth and All Its Inhabitants, page 178
    • Several genera of crocodiles, gavialids, and turtles evolved from Mesozoic stock.2007, Thomas T. Veblen, Austin Kenneth R. Young, Antony R. Orme, The Physical Geography of South America, page 39

Forms of gavialid

pluralgavialids

Questions about gavialid

What does gavialid mean?
Gavialid means any reptile of the family Gavialidae.
What part of speech is gavialid?
Gavialid is a noun.
What is the plural of gavialid?
The plural of gavialid is gavialids.

Words near gavialid in the dictionary

  1. Gavers
  2. gavest
  3. gavestinel
  4. GAVI
  5. gavial
  6. gavialid
  7. gavialids
  8. gavialoid
  9. gavialoids
  10. gavials
  11. gavid

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