crocodile
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
crocodile (plural crocodiles)
- Any of the predatory amphibious reptiles of the family Crocodylidae; (loosely) a crocodilian, any species of the order Crocodilia, which also includes the alligators, caimans and gavials.
- 2005, Mwelwa Musambachime, Basic Facts on Zambia, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=PFM_gTrBjtIC&pg=PA97&dq=%22crocodile%22%7C%22crocodiles%22+-intitle:crocodile+-intitle:crocodiles&hl=en&sa=X&ei=XimGUom-DcbpkAWakoGwDw&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22crocodile%22%7C%22crocodiles%22%20-intitle%3Acrocodile%20-intitle%3Acrocodiles&f=false page 97],
- Industrial and rural expansion is shrinking and destroying the Nile crocodile's natural habitat. The Nile crocodiles, in particular, have been a source of highly durable leather for a variety of products which can be crafted and manufactured.
- 2008, Walkter B. Wood, Chapter 16: Forensic Identification in Fatal Crocodile Attacks, Marc Oxenham (editor), Forensic Approaches to Death, Disaster and Abuse, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=jTxrFupDxYUC&pg=PA244&dq=%22crocodiles%22+-intitle:crocodile+-intitle:crocodiles&hl=en&sa=X&ei=iy6GUrqAEsqtkAWv4YHgCA&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22crocodiles%22%20-intitle%3Acrocodile%20-intitle%3Acrocodiles&f=false page 244],
- Two species of crocodile inhabit Australian waterways: (a) the saltwater Crocodile — Crocodylus porosus, and (b) the freshwater crocodile — Crocodylus johnstoni.
- 2011, Sam Thaker, The Crocodile's Teeth, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=q6dsg7umKRwC&pg=PA31&dq=%22crocodile%22%7C%22crocodiles%22+-intitle:crocodile+-intitle:crocodiles&hl=en&sa=X&ei=XimGUom-DcbpkAWakoGwDw&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22crocodile%22%7C%22crocodiles%22%20-intitle%3Acrocodile%20-intitle%3Acrocodiles&f=false page 31],
- One contained some brightly-coloured tropical birds, one a python and the other a large and very lively crocodile.
- I told the customer that the boxes containing the crocodile and the python were not packed to my satisfaction, as there were not enough nails securing them.
- 2005, Mwelwa Musambachime, Basic Facts on Zambia, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=PFM_gTrBjtIC&pg=PA97&dq=%22crocodile%22%7C%22crocodiles%22+-intitle:crocodile+-intitle:crocodiles&hl=en&sa=X&ei=XimGUom-DcbpkAWakoGwDw&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22crocodile%22%7C%22crocodiles%22%20-intitle%3Acrocodile%20-intitle%3Acrocodiles&f=false page 97],
- A long line or procession of people (especially children) walking together.
- 1939, George Orwell, Coming Up for Air, part 2, chapter 8
- Sometimes the kids from the slap-up boys' schools in Eastbourne used to be led round in crocodiles to hand out fags and peppermint creams to the 'wounded Tommies', as they called us.
- 1939, George Orwell, Coming Up for Air, part 2, chapter 8
- (logic) A fallacious dilemma, mythically supposed to have been first used by a crocodile.
- We have seen syllogisms, crocodiles, enthymemas, sorites, &c. explained and tried upon a boy of nine or ten years old in playful conversation […]
- (predatory amphibious reptile) croc (informal)
- French: crocodile
- German: Krokodil
- Italian: coccodrillo
- Portuguese: crocodilo
- Russian: крокоди́л
- Spanish: cocodrilo
crocodile (crocodiles, present participle crocodiling; past and past participle crocodiled)
- (intransitive) To speak one's native language at an Esperanto-language gathering, rather than Esperanto.
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