crocodilian

a. 鳄鱼的, 鳄鱼一样的 n. 鳄目动物

发音

/ˌkɹɒkəˈdɪliən/

词形变化

crocodilians 复数 crocodilians

别名

crocodylian

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

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

    鳄鱼

    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.

adj.
  1. 1.

    of, pertaining to, or resembling crocodiles

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

diapsid

下位词 7

crocodile alligator gator cayman caiman false gavial gavial

词源

From crocodile + -ian; compare translingual Crocodilia.

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