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gavial
/ ˈɡeɪvɪəl; ˈɡærɪəl /
noun
- a large fish-eating Indian crocodilian, Gavialis gangeticus, with a very long slender snout: family Gavialidae
- false gavialfalse gavial a SE Asian crocodile, Tomistoma schlegeli, similar to but smaller than the gavial
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Word History and Origins
Origin of gavial1
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Example Sentences
Alligators are found in most of the rivers, and the gavial is less frequently met with.
By the absence of the swollen nasal prominence (neusklep), which characterizes the Gangetic Gavial.
In the Gangetic Gavial the relations of the teeth of the two jaws appear to me, as I shall state below, to be very different.
The cranium is elongated, and the snout slender and Gavial-like.
Some of the best known varieties are those of the river Nile, the Gavial of the Ganges being also among the more familiar species.
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