Crocodile vs Chicken - What's the difference?
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Any of the predatory amphibious reptiles of the family Crocodylidae; (loosely) a crocodilian, any species of the order Crocodilia, which also includes the alligators, caimans and gavials.
* 2005 , Mwelwa Musambachime, Basic Facts on Zambia ,
* 2008', Walkter B. Wood, ''Chapter 16: Forensic Identification in Fatal '''Crocodile Attacks'', Marc Oxenham (editor), ''Forensic Approaches to Death, Disaster and Abuse ,
* 2011', Sam Thaker, ''The '''Crocodile's Teeth ,
A long line or procession of people (especially children) walking together.
* 1939 , (George Orwell), Coming Up for Air , part 2, chapter 8
(logic) A fallacious dilemma, mythically supposed to have been first used by a crocodile.
* (Maria Edgeworth)
(countable) A domestic fowl, Gallus gallus , especially when young
(uncountable) The meat from this bird eaten as food.
(countable, slang) A coward.
(countable, gay slang) A young, attractive, slim man, usually having little body hair. Compare chickenhawk
(countable, slang) A young or inexperienced person.
* 1887 , Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, A Study in Scarlet , III:
* Jonathan Swift
A confrontational game in which the participants move toward each other at high speed (usually in automobiles); the player who turns first to avoid colliding into the other is the chicken (, the loser.)
The game of dare.
To avoid as a result of fear.
To develop physical or other characteristics resembling a chicken's, for example, bumps on the skin.
As nouns the difference between crocodile and chicken
is that crocodile is any of the predatory amphibious reptiles of the family Crocodylidae; a crocodilian, any species of the order Crocodilia, which also includes the alligators, caimans and gavials while chicken is a domestic fowl, Gallus gallus, especially when young.As an adjective chicken is
cowardly.As a verb chicken is
to avoid as a result of fear.As a proper noun Chicken is
a CDP in Alaska.crocodile
English
(wikipedia crocodile) (Crocodile dilemma)Noun
(en noun)page 97,
- Industrial and rural expansion is shrinking and destroying the Nile crocodile's' natural habitat. The Nile ' crocodiles , in particular, have been a source of highly durable leather for a variety of products which can be crafted and manufactured.
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- Two species of crocodile' inhabit Australian waterways: (a) the saltwater '''Crocodile''' — ''Crocodylus porosus'', and (b) the freshwater '''crocodile — ''Crocodylus johnstoni .
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- One contained some brightly-coloured tropical birds, one a python and the other a large and very lively crocodile .
- I told the customer that the boxes containing the crocodile and the python were not packed to my satisfaction, as there were not enough nails securing them.
- Sometimes the kids from the slap-up boys' schools in Eastbourne used to be led round in crocodiles to hand out fags and peppermint creams to the 'wounded Tommies', as they called us.
- We have seen syllogisms, crocodiles , enthymemas, sorites, &c. explained and tried upon a boy of nine or ten years old in playful conversation
Synonyms
* (predatory amphibious reptile) croc (informal)Derived terms
* American crocodile * Australian freshwater crocodile * black crocodile * crocodile clip * crocodile tears * Cuban crocodile * dwarf crocodile * estuarine crocodile * freshwater crocodile * Johnston's crocodile * Morelet's crocodile * mugger crocodile * New Guinea crocodile * Nile crocodile * Orinoco crocodile * Philippine crocodile * saltwater crocodile * Siamese crocodile * slender-snouted crocodileSee also
* alligator * caiman, cayman * freshie, freshy * gator * gavial, gharial * saltie ----chicken
English
(wikipedia chicken) (Gallus gallus) (Gallus gallus)Noun
- "This case will make a stir, sir," he remarked. "It beats anything I have seen, and I am no chicken ."
- Stella is no chicken .
- Don't play chicken with a freight train; you're guaranteed to lose.