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saltwater crocodile

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A very large aquatic carnivorous crocodile (Crocodylus porosus), from Australia and South-East Asia

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: estuarine crocodile, Indo-Pacific crocodile, marine crocodile, saltie, sea crocodile

Antonyms: none provided

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Across languages

Translations

24 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Breton: krokodil-mor — Crocodylus porosus
  • Catalan: cocodril marí — Crocodylus porosus
  • Dutch: zeekrokodil — Crocodylus porosus
  • Dutch: zoutwaterkrokodil — Crocodylus porosus
  • Finnish: suistokrokotiili — Crocodylus porosus
  • French: crocodile marin — Crocodylus porosus
  • French: crocodile de mer — Crocodylus porosus
  • French: crocodile à double crête — Crocodylus porosus
  • Italian: coccodrillo marino — Crocodylus porosus
  • Japanese: イリエワニ — Crocodylus porosus
  • Korean: 바다악어 (badaageo) — Crocodylus porosus
  • Polish: krokodyl różańcowy — Crocodylus porosus
  • Portuguese: crocodilo-marinho — Crocodylus porosus
  • Romanian: crocodil marin — Crocodylus porosus
  • Russian: гребни́стый крокоди́л (grebnístyj krokodíl) — Crocodylus porosus
  • Spanish: cocodrilo marino — Crocodylus porosus
  • Spanish: cocodrilo de agua salada — Crocodylus porosus
  • Swedish: deltakrokodil — Crocodylus porosus
  • Swedish: saltvattenskrokodil — Crocodylus porosus
  • Swedish: australisk saltvattenskrokodil — Crocodylus porosus
  • Swedish: listkrokodil — Crocodylus porosus
  • Turkish: tuzlu su timsahı — Crocodylus porosus
  • Vietnamese: cá sấu hoa cà — Crocodylus porosus
  • Welsh: crocodeil dŵr hallt — Crocodylus porosus