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gavial

/ ˈɡærɪəl; ˈɡeɪvɪəl /

noun

  1. a large fish-eating Indian crocodilian, Gavialis gangeticus, with a very long slender snout: family Gavialidae
  2. false gavial
    a SE Asian crocodile, Tomistoma schlegeli, similar to but smaller than the gavial
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Origin of gavial1

C19: from French, from Hindi 󲹰
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“Most crocodilians are nocturnal,” says Woods, referring to the group of animals that includes crocodiles, alligators, caimans and gavials.

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The habits of the whole family—gavials and alligators, crocodiles, caymans, and jacarés—are so much alike, that it seems a cruelty to separate them.

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Another thing, that bayou is 55 chuck full of alligators, and a fellow down on the Rand told me they’re like the Central American gavials for keenness to nip a swimmer.”

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Alligators are found in most of the rivers, and the gavial is less frequently met with.

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Habitations of reptiles.—Of the great saurians, the gavials which inhabit the Ganges differ from the cayman of America, or the crocodile of the Nile.

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