Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A kind of crocodile: as, the Siamese muggar, Crocodilus siamensis. Also mugger.

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  • A change of vowels or a doubling of a consonant is also not infrequent, thus giving English kunkur ` variety of limestone 'in lieu of kankar, mulmul ` muslin' in lieu of malmal, muggar ` kind of crocodile 'in lieu of magar.

    VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XVIII No 1 1991

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