gavial

English

A gavial

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Etymology

From Hindi घड़ियाल (ghaṛiyāl).

Noun

gavial (plural gavials)

  1. The crocodilian Gavialis gangeticus; any species of the family Gavialidae.
    • 2002, Pierre-Henri Gouyon, Jean-Pierre Henry, Jacques Arnould, Tiiu Ojasoo (translator), Gene Avatars: The Neo-Darwinian Theory of Evolution, [1997, Les avatars du gène: La théorie néodarwinienne de l'évolution], page 28,
      Cuvier had begun studying the fossils of crocodiles found near Caen and Honfleur in France. (They were, in fact, gavials, fine-jawed crocodiles that are nowadays found in India).
    • 2006, Lynn Huggins-Cooper, Ravenous Reptiles, page 19,
      Although human remains and jewelry have been found in their stomachs, gavials are not as fierce as many alligators and crocodiles.
    • 2011, Joseph T. Springer, Dennis Holley, An Introduction to Zoology: Investigating the Animal World, page 415,
      Gavials (or gharials) are found only on the northern Indian subcontinent, where most are riverine, being best adapted to calmer areas in deep fast-flowing rivers.

Usage notes

Technically, extending the definition to family Gavialidae results in including just one other extant species: the false gavial (Tomistoma schlegelii). However, the subfamily Tomistominae is often (perhaps usually) excluded from Gavialidae.

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Romanian

Un gavial

Etymology

From French gavial, from Hindi घड़ियाल (gaṛiyāl, alligator, crocodile).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡaviˈal/
  • Hyphenation: ga‧vi‧al

Noun

gavial m (plural gaviali)

  1. gavial

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Spanish

Etymology

From French gavial, from Hindi घड़ियाल (gaṛiyāl, alligator, crocodile).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡaˈbjal/, [ɡaˈβjal]
  • Rhymes: -al

Noun

gavial m (plural gaviales)

  1. gavial, gharial
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