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crocodilian

adj · noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˌkɹɒkəˈdɪliən/
  • CMU ARPABET: K R AA2 K AH0 D IH1 L Y AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

of, pertaining to, or resembling crocodiles

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Any reptile of the order Crocodilia; a crocodile, alligator, caiman or gavial.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • 1989, Walter P. Coombs, Jr., Modern analogs for dinosaur nesting and parental behavior, James Orville Farlow (editor), Paleobiology of the Dinosaurs, Issue 238, page 47, Mound-nesting crocodilians and megapodes appear to be indifferent to nest-site parameters, but susceptibility of crocodilian mound nests to predation or drowning may be altered by site selection.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

extant archosaurian reptile

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: crocodilian reptile

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: diapsid, diapsid reptile

Narrower terms: crocodile, false gavial, Tomistoma schlegeli, alligator, gator, caiman, cayman, gavial, Gavialis gangeticus

History

Etymology

From crocodile + -ian; compare translingual Crocodilia.

Across languages

Translations

11 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 鱷魚 /鳄鱼 (èyú) — reptiles
  • Finnish: krokotiilieläin — reptiles
  • French: crocodilien — reptiles
  • Japanese: ワニ (wani) — reptiles
  • Japanese: 鰐 (wani) — reptiles
  • Korean: 악어 (ageo) — reptiles
  • Marshallese: aļkita — reptiles
  • Portuguese: crocodiliano — reptiles
  • Spanish: crocodilio — reptiles
  • Spanish: crocodiliano — reptiles
  • Thai: จระเข้ (jɔɔ-rá-kêe) — reptiles