gharial
English
editEtymology
editFrom Hindi घड़ियाल (ghaṛiyāl). Doublet of gavial.
Pronunciation
edit- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɡɛə.ɹi.əl/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɡɛɹ.i.əl/
Noun
editgharial (plural gharials or gharial)
- A gavial.
- 1992, John B. Thorbjarnarson, Harry Messel, F. Wayne King, James Perran Ross, editors, Crocodiles: An Action Plan for Their Conservation, page 112:
- Placed in a family by itself, the Gavialidae, the gharial has long been separated from the rest of the crocodilian stock, with the possible exception of Tomistoma (Densmore 1983).
- 1993, Arjan Singh, The Legend of the Maneater[1], page 8:
- We crossed the Rapti at Bijlipur, three miles from Balrampur, over a pontoon bridge, from where we would often see marsh crocodile and gharial lying on the sandbanks with their mouths open, absorbing the solar heat.
- 1996, M. V. Subba Rao, Nesting Behaviour of the Indian Crocodiles, Gavialis gangeticus, Crocodylus plaustris and Crocodylus porosus (Reptilia: Crocodylidae), Geethabali R. Ramamurthi, Readings in Behaviour, page 213,
- Gharials, Gavialis gangeticus are the inhabitants of deep, fast flowing rivers.
- 2010, Steve Parker, Crocodiles[2], page 18:
- The gharial breathes air into its lungs, like caimans, alligators, and crocodiles. It can hold its breath and stay underwater for a long time—more than half an hour. Gharials can also hunt underwater. They even eat their food there.
- 2013, Eric Dinerstein, Discovering Big Cat Country: On the trail of tigers and snow leopards, unnumbered page:
- One of the goals of our river expedition was to locate gharial. Gharial help crocodilians lay claim to being the ugliest reptiles, and perhaps the most ancient.
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editgavial — see gavial
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