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ghavial

ghavial is the alternative form 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

Forms of ghavial

pluralghavials

Questions about ghavial

What is ghavial the alternative form of?
Ghavial is the alternative form of gharial.

Words near ghavial in the dictionary

  1. ghatwals
  2. ghau
  3. ghaus
  4. ghaut
  5. ghauts
  6. ghavial
  7. ghavials
  8. ghawa syndrome
  9. ghawazee
  10. ghawazees
  11. Ghawazi

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