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Gavial vs Crocodilian - What's the difference?

gavial | crocodilian |

As a noun gavial

is the crocodilian ; any species of the family gavialidae.

gavial

English

(Gharial) (Gavialis gangeticus)

Alternative forms

* gharial

Noun

(en noun)
  • The crocodilian ; any species of the family Gavialidae.
  • * 2002 , Pierre-Henri Gouyon, Jean-Pierre Henry, Jacques Arnould, Tiiu Ojasoo (translator), Gene Avatars: The Neo-Darwinian Theory of Evolution'', [1997, ''Les avatars du gène: La théorie néodarwinienne de l'évolution ], page 28,
    • Cuvier had begun studying the fossils of crocodiles found near Caen and Honfleur in France. (They were, in fact, gavials , fine-jawed crocodiles that are nowadays found in India).
  • * 2006 , Lynn Huggins-Cooper, Ravenous Reptiles , page 19,
    • Although human remains and jewelry have been found in their stomachs, gavials are not as fierce as many alligators and crocodiles.
  • * 2011 , Joseph T. Springer, Dennis Holley, An Introduction to Zoology: Investigating the Animal World , page 415,
    • Gavials' (or gharials) are found only on the northern Indian subcontinent, where most are ' riverine , being best adapted to calmer areas in deep fast-flowing rivers.

    Usage notes

    Technically, extending the definition to family Gavialidae results in including just one other extant species: the (false gavial) ( is often (perhaps usually) excluded from Gavialidae.

    Synonyms

    * (Gavialis gangeticus) (fish-eating crocodile), gharial, (Indian gharial) * (any species of Gavialidae) gavialid

    Derived terms

    * (false gavial) ()

    Related terms

    * gavialid

    See also

    * caiman * ----

    crocodilian

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any reptile of the order Crocodilia; a crocodile, alligator, caiman or gavial.
  • * 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.
  • * 2001 , F. Lynne Bachleda, Dangerous Wildlife in the Southeast , page 33,
    • Superb predators, the crocodilians are reptiles, and the only survivors of the archosaurs that included dinosaurs.
  • * 2001 , Patricia Pope Bartlett, Billy Griswold, Richard D. Bartlett, Reptiles, Amphibians, and Invertebrates: An Identification and Care Guide , page 191,
    • Crocodilians are essentially lizard-like in basic shape and are adapted to a largely aquatic life. ln water, they hunt and eat their prey and advertise their size and location by bellowing.