crocodile

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"The longer the crocodile is allowed to hang around, the more comfortable he is getting."

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  1. noun Any of various large aquatic reptiles, chiefly of the genus Crocodylus, native to tropical and subtropical regions and having thick, armorlike skin and long tapering jaws.
  2. noun A crocodilian reptile, such as an alligator, caiman, or gavial.
  3. noun Leather made from crocodile skin.

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  • By this time Pratt was weeping like a crocodile, and the Bow Street runners sent for to come and take particulars lest the pearls be sold in Drury Lane. —  The Ladies
  • A series of colleagues will come on the radio to say: "Well yes, strictly speaking, feeding one of his constituents to a crocodile is against the code if we're being rigid, and certainly the rules need to be clarified in this regard, but he's an excellent MP and a very fine ambassador for our upholstery industry." —  Recent articles from SocialistWorker.org
  • The DEC had warned visitors to the Ningaloo Marine Park to stay out of the water and keep away from the water's edge while the crocodile was at large. —  National Nine News
  • This is my favorite, and it looks like the crocodile are actually drinking from the bottle. —  Funny Cool Stuff
  • Police said that, based on accounts of villagers, the crocodile might be as long as 7 meters (23 feet), which would be huge, even for the large salt water crocodiles known to inhabit the lake. —  USATODAY.com News - Top Stories
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  1. Middle English cocodril, from Old French, from Latin cocodrillus, variant of crocodīlus, from Greek krokodīlos : krokē, pebble + drīlos, circumcised man, worm.

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  1. Early modern English also crocodil; altered, to suit the modern F. and Latin, from Middle English cocodrill, cokadrill, cokedril, etc., = Provencal cocodrilh = Spanish Portuguese cocodrilo = Italian coccodrillo = Middle High German kokodrille (Middle Latin cocodrillus, cocadrillus), etc., corrupted from the normal form, now in part restored, French crocodile = Spanish Portuguese Italian crocodilo = Dutch krokodil = German krokodil = Danish krokodille = Swedish krokodil, from Latin crocodilus, from Greek κροκόδειλος, a lizard, a crocodile; ulterior origin unknown. Cf. cockatrice.
 

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