crocodilian

English

A crocodilian, Alligator sinensis

Etymology

From crocodile +‎ -ian; compare translingual Crocodilia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌkɹɒkəˈdɪliən/

Noun

crocodilian (plural crocodilians)

1. 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^[1], 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.

Translations

reptiles

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 鱷魚／鳄鱼 (zh) (èyú)

• Finnish: krokotiilieläin (fi)
• French: crocodilien (fr) m
• Japanese: ワニ (ja) (wani), 鰐 (ja) (wani)
• Korean: 악어 (ko) (ageo)
• Portuguese: crocodiliano m
• Thai: จระเข้ (th) (jɔɔ-rá-kêe)

Adjective

crocodilian (not comparable)

1. of, pertaining to, or resembling crocodiles

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French crocodilien.

Noun

crocodilian m (plural crocodilieni)

1. crocodilian

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	crocodilian	crocodilianul		crocodilieni	crocodilienii
genitive-dative	crocodilian	crocodilianului		crocodilieni	crocodilienilor
vocative	crocodilianule			crocodilienilor