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1. (n.) crocodile
any of various narrow-snouted crocodilians of the genus Crocodylus and related genera, found mainly in tropical waters of both hemispheres.
2. crocodile
any reptile of the order Crocodylia; crocodilian.
3. crocodile
the tanned skin or hide of these reptiles.
Etymology: (1250–1300; ME cocodrille < ML cocodrilus, L crocodīlus < Gk krokódeilos crocodile, orig. a kind of lizard, said to be =krók(ē) pebble +-o- -o - +drîlos, dreîlos worm)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) crocodile
large voracious aquatic reptile having a long snout with massive jaws and sharp teeth and a body covered with bony plates; of sluggish tropical waters
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1. (noun) crocodile
a large reptile with many sharp teeth
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) crocodile
a large reptile of the genus Crocodilus, of several species. They grow to the length of sixteen or eighteen feet, and inhabit the large rivers of Africa, Asia, and America. The eggs, laid in the sand, are hatched by the sun's heat. The best known species is that of the Nile (C. vulgaris, or C. Niloticus). The Florida crocodile (C. Americanus) is much less common than the alligator and has longer jaws. The name is also sometimes applied to the species of other related genera, as the gavial and the alligator
2. (noun) crocodile
a fallacious dilemma, mythically supposed to have been first used by a crocodile
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Sense: a large reptile found in the rivers of Asia, Africa, South America and northern Australia.
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 Afrikaans: krokodil |
 Arabic: تِمْساح |
 Bulgarian: крокодил |
 Brazilian: crocodilo |
 Czech: krokodýl |
 German: das Krokodil |
 Danish: krokodille |
 Greek: κροκόδειλος |
 Spanish: cocodrilo |
 Estonian: krokodill |
 Farsi: تمساح |
 Finnish: krokotiili |
 French: crocodile |
 Hebrew: תָנִין |
 Hindi: घड़ियाल, मगरमच्छ |
 Croatian: krokodil |
 Hungarian: krokodil |
 Indonesian: buaya |
 Icelandic: krókódíll |
 Italian: coccodrillo |
 Japanese: わに |
 Korean: 악어 |
 Lithuanian: krokodilas |
 Latvian: krokodils |
 Malay: buaya |
 Dutch: krokodil |
 Norwegian: krokodille |
 Polish: krokodyl |
 Persian: تمساح |
 Pashto: تمساح |
 Portuguese: crocodilo |
 Romanian: crocodil |
 Russian: крокодил |
 Slovak: krokodíl |
 Slovenian: krokodil |
 Serbian: krokodil |
 Swedish: krokodil |
 Thai: จระเข้ |
 Turkish: timsah |
 Taiwanese: 鱷魚 |
 Ukrainian: крокодил |
 Urdu: مگر مچھ، گهڑیال |
 Vietnamese: cá sấu |
 Chinese: 鳄鱼 |
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