gavialis gangeticus

1. 1.

   large fish-eating Indian crocodilian with a long slender snout

   Synonymsgavial

   Broadercrocodilian reptile

   Part ofGavialis

Questions about gavialis gangeticus

What does gavialis gangeticus mean?

gavialis gangeticus means "large fish-eating Indian crocodilian with a long slender snout".

What is another word for gavialis gangeticus?

Close synonyms include gavial. 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 gavialis gangeticus a common word?

gavialis gangeticus 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.