crocodilian

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Paul Sereno: Some of the features we see in the skull that we've never seen in a crocodilian are two horns coming out the back of the skull.

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  1. noun Any of various reptiles of the order Crocodylia, which includes the alligators, crocodiles, caimans, and gavials.
  2. adjective Of, relating to, or resembling a crocodile.
  3. adjective Belonging to the order Crocodylia.

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  • Next to the insects on the lower level of, steps lead the visitor down to a split-level, eye-to-eye view of a unique crocodilian, the gharial.
  • The gharial (Gavialis gangeticus) is a unique species of crocodilian, characterized by its long, thin snout and the bulbous growth at the end of its snout.
  • As one steps back its obvious that the right in Israel has been correct in its criticism of Israel's catastrophic Palestinian policy from Oslo onward; through the Clinton administration's interference in the Ehud Barak election under the aegis of the crocodilian Mr. Carville, its decided tilt towards the terrorist Arafat at Camp David and now with the visible effects of the failed Gaza "Disengagement Plan" being plastered on the front pages of newspapers worldwide.
  • One of the world's largest crocodilian species is also its rarest. —  Scientific American
  • Gharials (Gavialis gangeticus), a species of crocodilian that only lives in on the Indian Subcontinent and has a long slender snout with which to catch fish. —  DC's
 

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