crocodilian

It was not simply another great crocodilian shape that sat upon that dais.
Astounding Stories, April, 1931|Various
The three men stood silent and tense as the two crocodilian monsters stopped before them.
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At the hall's center was a low dias, and in a semicircle around and behind it stood a half-hundred great crocodilian shapes.
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But as the Martian Master's high call hissed again all the countless crocodilian forms in the great cone were rushing toward them.
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The big crocodilian shape was apparently a prisoner like themselves, captured and brought down from above.
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British Dictionary definitions for crocodilian

crocodilian

/ (ˌkrɒkəˈdɪlɪən) /

noun

any large predatory reptile of the order Crocodilia, which includes the crocodiles, alligators, and caymans. They live in or near water and have a long broad snout, powerful jaws, a four-chambered heart, and socketed teeth

adjective

of, relating to, or belonging to the Crocodilia

of, relating to, or resembling a crocodile

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Scientific definitions for crocodilian

crocodilian

[ krŏk′ə-dĭl′ē-ən ]

Any of various semiaquatic reptiles of the order Crocodilia, including the alligators, crocodiles, caimans, and gavials. Crocodilians are squat, massive, and lizardlike, with long, powerful jaws, long, heavy tails, short legs, and thick, plated skin. Like dinosaurs, crocodilians are archosaurs, and their closest modern relatives are the birds.