gavial

gharial or garial (ˈɡærɪəl)

/ (ˈɡeɪvɪəl) /

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noun

a large fish-eating Indian crocodilian, Gavialis gangeticus, with a very long slender snout: family Gavialidae

false gavial a SE Asian crocodile, Tomistoma schlegeli, similar to but smaller than the gavial

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Word Origin for gavial

C19: from French, from Hindi ghariyāl

Words nearby gavial

Gavaskar, gave, gavel, gavelkind, gavel-to-gavel, gavial, Gavin, Gävle, gavotte, gaw, Gawain

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How to use gavial in a sentence

Alligators are found in most of the rivers, and the gavial is less frequently met with.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 3|Various
By the absence of the swollen nasal prominence (neusklep), which characterizes the Gangetic Gavial.
The Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 4|Various
In the Gangetic Gavial the relations of the teeth of the two jaws appear to me, as I shall state below, to be very different.
The Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 4|Various
The cranium is elongated, and the snout slender and Gavial-like.
The Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 4|Various

Some of the best known varieties are those of the river Nile, the Gavial of the Ganges being also among the more familiar species.
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