crocodilian

Other forms of crocodilian

plural

crocodilians·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about crocodilian

What does crocodilian mean?

crocodilian means "extant archosaurian reptile".

How many syllables are in crocodilian?

crocodilian has 4 syllables: cro-co-dil-ian. The stress falls on "dil". In IPA it is /ˌkɹɑkəˈdɪljən/.

What is another word for crocodilian?

Close synonyms include crocodilian reptile. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is crocodilian a common word?

crocodilian is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.