Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- An order of Reptilia, formerly included with Lacertilia in Sauria, now separated as the highest existing reptiles.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun plural (Zoöl.) An order of reptiles including the crocodiles, gavials, alligators, and many extinct kinds.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun crocodiles; alligators; caimans; gavials
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The blind end of the large intestine, cephalad to the opening of the small intestine, projects forward, dorsal to the gizzard, as a sort of caecum, _ce_, though this structure is generally stated to be wanting in the crocodilia, and is not seen in the next stage.
Development of the Digestive Canal of the American Alligator C. M. [Illustrator] Reese
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Pakasuchus is a distant relative of animals from the reptile order crocodilia.
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