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Nile crocodile

American  
Or Nilotic crocodile

noun

  1. the common African crocodile, Crocodylus niloticus, sometimes growing to a length of 20 feet (6.1 meters): in some areas it is greatly reduced in number and now rare.


Etymology

Origin of Nile crocodile

First recorded in 1895–1900

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