Crocodile
WordNet
noun
(1) Large voracious aquatic reptile having a long snout with massive jaws and sharp teeth and a body covered with bony plates; of sluggish tropical waters
WiktionaryText
Etymology
From Old French cocodrille (modern crocodile), from mediaeval Latin cocodrillus, from Latin crocodilus, from . The word was later refashioned after the Latin and Greek forms.
Noun
- Any of a variety of related predatory amphibious reptiles, related to the alligator.
- A long line or procession of people (especially children) walking together.
Related terms
- American crocodile
- Australian freshwater crocodile
- black crocodile
- crocodile clip
- crocodile tears
- Cuban crocodile
- dwarf crocodile
- estuarine crocodile
- freshwater crocodile
- Johnston’s crocodile
- Morelet’s crocodile
- mugger crocodile
- New Guinea crocodile
- Nile crocodile
- Orinoco crocodile
- Philippine crocodile
- saltwater crocodile
- Siamese crocodile
- slender-snouted crocodile