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单词 crocodilian
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Definition of crocodilian in English:

crocodilian

noun ˌkrɒkəˈdɪlɪənˌkrɑkəˈdɪliən
Zoology
  • A large predatory semiaquatic reptile of an order that comprises the crocodiles, alligators, caimans, and gharial. Crocodilians are distinguished by long jaws, short legs, and a powerful tail.

    Order Crocodylia: three families

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Caiman belong to the group known as crocodilians, which also includes alligators and crocodiles.
    • Deliberate stone and soil swallowing has been reported for modem snakes, lizards, turtles and crocodilians serving to macerate digesta.
    • They are found in mammals, turtles, squamates, and crocodilians, as well as a few bird taxa, particularly ratites and ducks.
    • In other species, such as monitor lizards and crocodilians, the lungs are partitioned into chambers made up of an intricate net of support structures.
    • Truly cold-blooded animals like lizards, newts, turtles, and crocodilians, which are superabundant farther south are missing, he said.
adjective ˌkrɒkəˈdɪlɪənˌkrɑkəˈdɪliən
  • Relating to crocodilians.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Only two crocodilian groups had sparser, and therefore less sensitive, strings of the holes running along their jaws.
    • The large body size and short legs suggest that these animals lived mostly in the water, where they adopted a crocodilian life-style.
    • A massive crocodilian creature began rising from the tip of the mountain.
    • They've got these crocodilian jaws that just crunch off huge chunks of meat and bone, and then they just swallow it all.
    • The skin of the saltwater crocodile produces the highest quality leather of the world's crocodilian species.
    Synonyms
    reptile

Rhymes

Abbevillian, Azilian, Brazilian, caecilian, Castilian, Chilean, Churchillian, civilian, cotillion, epyllion, Gillian, Lilian, Maximilian, Pamphylian, pavilion, postilion, Quintilian, reptilian, Sicilian, Tamilian, vaudevillian, vermilion, Virgilian
 
 

Definition of crocodilian in US English:

crocodilian

nounˌkrɑkəˈdɪliənˌkräkəˈdilēən
Zoology
  • A large predatory semiaquatic reptile of an order that comprises the crocodiles, alligators, caimans, and gharial. Crocodilians are distinguished by long jaws, short legs, and a powerful tail.

    Order Crocodylia: three families

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Deliberate stone and soil swallowing has been reported for modem snakes, lizards, turtles and crocodilians serving to macerate digesta.
    • Caiman belong to the group known as crocodilians, which also includes alligators and crocodiles.
    • They are found in mammals, turtles, squamates, and crocodilians, as well as a few bird taxa, particularly ratites and ducks.
    • Truly cold-blooded animals like lizards, newts, turtles, and crocodilians, which are superabundant farther south are missing, he said.
    • In other species, such as monitor lizards and crocodilians, the lungs are partitioned into chambers made up of an intricate net of support structures.
adjectiveˌkrɑkəˈdɪliənˌkräkəˈdilēən
  • Relating to crocodilians.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • They've got these crocodilian jaws that just crunch off huge chunks of meat and bone, and then they just swallow it all.
    • A massive crocodilian creature began rising from the tip of the mountain.
    • The skin of the saltwater crocodile produces the highest quality leather of the world's crocodilian species.
    • Only two crocodilian groups had sparser, and therefore less sensitive, strings of the holes running along their jaws.
    • The large body size and short legs suggest that these animals lived mostly in the water, where they adopted a crocodilian life-style.
    Synonyms
    reptile
 
 
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