| NOUN | animal | crocodilian reptile, crocodilian | extant archosaurian reptile |
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| Meaning | extant archosaurian reptile. | |
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| Synonym | crocodilian | |
| Member of | Crocodylia, order Crocodylia, Crocodilia, order Crocodilia | crocodiles |
| Narrower | alligator, gator | Either of two amphibious reptiles related to crocodiles but with shorter broader snouts |
| caiman, cayman | A semiaquatic reptile of Central and South America that resembles an alligator but has a more heavily armored belly | |
| crocodile | large voracious aquatic reptile having a long snout with massive jaws and sharp teeth and a body covered with bony plates | |
| false gavial, Tomistoma schlegeli | crocodile of southeast Asia similar to but smaller than the gavial | |
| gavial, Gavialis gangeticus | large fish-eating Indian crocodilian with a long slender snout | |
| Broader | diapsid, diapsid reptile | reptile having a pair of openings in the skull behind each eye |
| Spanish | crocodiliano, reptil crocodiliano | |
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