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gavial
/ ˈɡærɪəl; ˈɡeɪvɪəl /
noun
- a large fish-eating Indian crocodilian, Gavialis gangeticus, with a very long slender snout: family Gavialidae
- false gaviala SE Asian crocodile, Tomistoma schlegeli, similar to but smaller than the gavial
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Word History and Origins
Origin of gavial1
C19: from French, from Hindi ghariyāl
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Example Sentences
Alligators are found in most of the rivers, and the gavial is less frequently met with.
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By the absence of the swollen nasal prominence (neusklep), which characterizes the Gangetic Gavial.
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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.
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The cranium is elongated, and the snout slender and Gavial-like.
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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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