crocodilian

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Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

crocodilians

1.
Any reptile of the order Crocodilia; a crocodile, alligator, caiman or gavial.
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, 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.

Tính từ

adjective

1.
(not comparable)of, pertaining to, or resembling crocodiles

Nguồn gốc từ

From crocodile + --ian; compare Crocodilia.