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Definition of Gavial

Gavial
Gavial Ga"vi*al, n. [Hind. ghariu?l: cf. F. gavial.] (Zo["o]l.) A large Asiatic crocodilian (Gavialis Gangeticus); -- called also nako, and Gangetic crocodile. Note: The gavial has a long, slender muzzle, teeth of nearly uniform size, and feet completely webbed. It inhabits the Ganges and other rivers of India. The name is also applied to several allied fossil species.

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- The gharial (Gavialis gangeticus), also known as gavial or fish-eating crocodile, is a crocodilian in the family Gavialidae and among the longest of all...
- Wuruma Dam Road Monto–Mount Perry Road Gladstone–Monto Road Cania Dam Road Gavial–Gracemere Road Murgon–Barambah Road is a state-controlled regional road...
- The false gharial (Tomistoma schlegelii), also known by the names Malayan gharial, Sunda gharial and tomistoma is a freshwater crocodilian of the family...
- referred to as a crane). Mugger of Mugger-Ghaut (Mugger crocodile) The Gavial (Gharial) – the Mugger's cousin. King Louie (Disney) is an orangutan who...
- Macrospondylus is an extinct genus of machimosaurid teleosauroid crocodyliform from the Early Jur****ic (Toarcian) of Europe. Fossils are known from the...
- classification der Säugethiere und Vögel (1844), and, with Heinrich Georg Bronn, Die Gavial-artigen Reste aus dem Lias (1842–1844). He was elected as a member of the...
- 'warm, hot' and Arabic مصالح maṣāliḥ 'benefits, requirements, ingredients'. Gavial from Hindustani ghaṛiyāl,گھڑیال / घड़ियाल, ultimately derived from the Sanskrit...
- large statues). In 1831 he exhibited much larger statues, Tiger Devouring a Gavial Crocodile which was a plaster sculpture 41 cm high and 103 cm long, and...
- Reptilien" Nile crocodile from "Naturgeschichte und Abbildungen Der Reptilien" Gavial from "Naturgeschichte und Abbildungen Der Reptilien" ADB:Schinz, Rudolf...
- gangeticus) (Hindi: घऱियाल, Marathi: सुसर Susar) also called Indian gavial or gavial, is the only surviving member of the once well-represented family Gavialidae...