gavial
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Hindi घड़ियाल (ghaṛiyāl). Doublet of gharial.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /ˈɡeɪ.vi.əl/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
editgavial (plural gavials)
- The crocodilian Gavialis gangeticus; any species of the family Gavialidae.
- 2002, Pierre-Henri Gouyon, Jean-Pierre Henry, Jacques Arnould, “Gene Avatars: The Neo-Darwinian Theory of Evolution”, in Tiiu Ojasoo, transl., [1997, Les avatars du gène: La théorie néodarwinienne de l'évolution], page 28:
- Cuvier had begun studying the fossils of crocodiles found near Caen and Honfleur in France. (They were, in fact, gavials, fine-jawed crocodiles that are nowadays found in India).
- 2006, Lynn Huggins-Cooper, Ravenous Reptiles, page 19:
- Although human remains and jewelry have been found in their stomachs, gavials are not as fierce as many alligators and crocodiles.
- 2011, Joseph T. Springer, Dennis Holley, An Introduction to Zoology: Investigating the Animal World, page 415:
- Gavials (or gharials) are found only on the northern Indian subcontinent, where most are riverine, being best adapted to calmer areas in deep fast-flowing rivers.
Usage notes
editTechnically, extending the definition to family Gavialidae results in including just one other extant species: the false gavial (Tomistoma schlegelii). However, the subfamily Tomistominae is often (perhaps usually) excluded from Gavialidae.
Synonyms
edit- (Gavialis gangeticus): fish-eating crocodile, gharial, Indian gharial
- (any species of Gavialidae): gavialid
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editTranslations
editcrocodilian of genus Gavialis
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See also
editCatalan
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French gavial, from Hindi घड़ियाल (ghaṛiyāl, “alligator, crocodile”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editgavial m (plural gavials)
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “gavial” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
French
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Hindi घड़ियाल (ghaṛiyāl, “alligator, crocodile”).
Pronunciation
editAudio: (file)
Noun
editgavial m (plural gaviaux)
Further reading
edit- “gavial”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Romanian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French gavial, from Hindi घड़ियाल (ghaṛiyāl, “alligator, crocodile”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editgavial m (plural gaviali)
Declension
editDeclension of gavial
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) gavial | gavialul | (niște) gaviali | gavialii |
genitive/dative | (unui) gavial | gavialului | (unor) gaviali | gavialilor |
vocative | gavialule | gavialilor |
Spanish
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French gavial, from Hindi घड़ियाल (ghaṛiyāl, “alligator, crocodile”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editgavial m (plural gaviales)
Further reading
edit- “gavial”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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