| NOUN | animal | crocodile | large voracious aquatic reptile having a long snout with massive jaws and sharp teeth and a body covered with bony plates |
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| Sounds | kraa'kahday.l | |
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| Rhymes | aisle ... worthwhile: 64 rhymes with ayl... | |
| Meaning | 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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| Member of | Crocodylus, genus Crocodylus, Crocodilus, genus Crocodilus | type genus of the Crocodylidae |
| Narrower | African crocodile, Nile crocodile, Crocodylus niloticus | A dangerous crocodile widely distributed in Africa |
| Asian crocodile, Crocodylus porosus | estuarine crocodile of eastern Asia and Pacific islands | |
| Morlett's crocodile | A variety of crocodile | |
| Broader | crocodilian reptile, crocodilian | extant archosaurian reptile |
| Spanish | cocodrilo, crocodylidae | |
| Catalan | cocodril | |
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