Crocodility - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: crocodilityCrocodile
A large reptile of the genus Crocodilus of several species They grow to the length of sixteen or eighteen feet and inhabit the large rivers of Africa Asia and America The eggs laid in the sand are hatched by the suns heat The best known species is that of the Nile Crocodilus vulgaris or Crocodilus Niloticus The Florida crocodile Crocodilus Americanus is much less common than the alligator and has longer jaws The name is also sometimes applied to the species of other related genera as the gavial and the alligator...
Crocodilian
Like or pertaining to the crocodile characteristic of the crocodile...
Cordylus
the type genus of the Cordylidae they are spiny lizards somewhat resembling tiny crocodiles...
croc
a contraction for crocodile...
Crocodilia
An order of reptiles including the crocodiles gavials alligators and many extinct kinds...
Crocodility
A caption or sophistical mode of arguing...
Deposit
To lay down to place to put to let fall or throw down as sediment as a crocodile deposits her eggs in the sand the waters deposited a rich alluvium...
Gavial
A large Asiatic crocodilian Gavialis Gangeticus called also nako and Gangetic crocodile...
Ichneumon
Any carnivorous mammal of the genus Herpestes and family Viverridaelig Numerous species are found in Asia and Africa The Egyptian species Herpestes ichneumon which ranges to Spain and Palestine is noted for destroying the eggs and young of the crocodile as well as various snakes and lizards and hence was considered sacred by the ancient Egyptians The common species of India Herpestes griseus known as the mongoose has similar habits and is often domesticated It is noted for killing the cobra...
Mugger
The common crocodile Crocodilus palustris of India the East Indies etc It becomes twelve feet or more long...
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