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gavial

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6 lettersPronunciation /ˈɡeɪ.vi.əl/Part of speech nounSorted aagilvStarts with GEnds with L0 clues
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Definitions

  1. large fish-eating Indian crocodilian with a long slender snout

Word origin

From Hindi घड़ियाल (ghaṛiyāl). Doublet of gharial.

Used in a sentence

  • 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).
  • Although human remains and jewelry have been found in their stomachs, gavials are not as fierce as many alligators and crocodiles.
  • 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.

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