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gharials

gharials is the plural of gharial.

Meaning of gharial

Noun

gharial (plural gharials or gharial)

  1. A crocodilian of species Gavialis gangeticus, of the family Gavialidae.
    • Placed in a family by itself, the Gavialidae, the gharial has long been separated from the rest of the crocodilian stock, with the possible exception of Tomistoma (Densmore 1983).1992, John B. Thorbjarnarson, Harry Messel, F. Wayne King, James Perran Ross, editors, Crocodiles: An Action Plan for Their Conservation, page 112
    Synonyms:
    fish-eating crocodile, gavial, Indian gharial, gavialid

Phrases with gharials

Questions about gharials

What is gharials the plural of?
Gharials is the plural of gharial.

Words near gharials in the dictionary

  1. Gharbia
  2. Ghardaïa
  3. Ghardimaou
  4. ghari
  5. gharial
  6. gharials
  7. Gharib
  8. Gharibashvili
  9. Gharibian
  10. Gharibians
  11. Gharibs

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