Dictionary.com
Thesaurus.com
Showing results for gharial. Search instead for sharia+law.

gharial

American  
[guhr-ee-uhl] / ˈgʌr i əl /

noun

  1. a large crocodilian, Gavialis gangeticus, of India and Pakistan, having elongated, garlike jaws: an endangered species.

gharial British  
/ ˈɡærɪəl /

noun

  1. another name for for gavial

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of gharial

First recorded in 1815–25; from French, from Hindi ghariyāl

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.