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crocodilian

[ US /ˌkɹɑkəˈdɪɫjən/ ]
[ UK /kɹˌɒkədˈɪli‍ən/ ]
NOUN
  1. extant archosaurian reptile

How To Use crocodilian In A Sentence

  • It has been independently lost or reduced in several amniote lineages, however, including crocodilians, birds, tuataras, iguanian lizards, cetaceans, and catarrhine primates.
  • Crocodilians' hearts have four chambers like mammals and birds, but there is a pore between the left and right ventricles which allows some mixing.
  • Every inch of this man, every movement and word exuded his passion for the crocodilians he passed among. Steve and Me
  • There are 37 species (3 crocodilians, 8 chelonians, 14 lacertilians and 12 ophidians) distributed in 30 genera recorded so far.
  • The scales are shed individually, so crocodilians do not molt (shed their skin all at once) like snakes do.
  • Deliberate stone and soil swallowing has been reported for modem snakes, lizards, turtles and crocodilians serving to macerate digesta.
  • “And by gator,” Dr. Schecter said in a patronizing tone, “I assume you mean the South American crocodilian species called the caiman?” Kresley Cole Immortals After Dark: The Clan MacRieve
  • They are found in mammals, turtles, squamates, and crocodilians, as well as a few bird taxa, particularly ratites and ducks.
  • A crocodilian is any member of an order of reptiles that includes crocodiles, alligators, caimans, gavials, and related extinct forms.
  • They've got these crocodilian jaws that just crunch off huge chunks of meat and bone, and then they just swallow it all.
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