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Crocodilian

Like, or pertaining to, the crocodile; characteristic of the crocodile.

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Alligator 76% connected

A large carnivorous reptile of the Crocodile family, peculiar to America. It has a shorter and broader snout than the crocodile, and the large teeth…

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Caiman 76% connected

See Cayman.

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Cayman 76% connected

The south America alligator. See Alligator.

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Crocodile 76% connected

A large reptile of the genus Crocodilus, of several species. They grow to the length of sixteen or eighteen feet, and inhabit the large rivers of Afr…

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Gavial 76% connected

A large Asiatic crocodilian (Gavialis Gangeticus); -- called also nako, and Gangetic crocodile.

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Actinozoan noun · 86% connection

sessile marine coelenterates including solitary and colonial polyps; the medusoid phase is entirely suppressed

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Anapsid noun · 86% connection

primitive reptile having no opening in the temporal region of the skull; all extinct except turtles

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Anapsid reptile noun · 86% connection

primitive reptile having no opening in the temporal region of the skull; all extinct except turtles

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Arachnid noun · 86% connection

air-breathing arthropods characterized by simple eyes and four pairs of legs

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Arachnoid noun · 86% connection

air-breathing arthropods characterized by simple eyes and four pairs of legs

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Arthropod noun · 86% connection

invertebrate having jointed limbs and a segmented body with an exoskeleton made of chitin

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Asian horseshoe crab noun · 86% connection

horseshoe crab of the coast of eastern Asia

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Centipede noun · 86% connection

chiefly nocturnal predacious arthropod having a flattened body of 15 to 173 segments each with a pair of legs, the foremost pair being…

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Class Merostomata noun · 86% connection

used in some classifications; includes the orders Xiphosura and Eurypterida

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Cnidarian noun · 86% connection

radially symmetrical animals having saclike bodies with only one opening and tentacles with stinging structures; they occur in polyp a…

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Coelenterate noun · 86% connection

radially symmetrical animals having saclike bodies with only one opening and tentacles with stinging structures; they occur in polyp a…

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Diapsid noun · 86% connection

reptile having a pair of openings in the skull behind each eye

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Diapsid reptile noun · 86% connection

reptile having a pair of openings in the skull behind each eye

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Diapsida noun · 86% connection

used in former classifications to include all living reptiles except turtles; superseded by the two subclasses Lepidosauria and Archos…

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Eurypterid noun · 86% connection

large extinct scorpion-like arthropod considered related to horseshoe crabs

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Eutherian noun · 86% connection

mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials

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Eutherian mammal noun · 86% connection

mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials

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False scorpion noun · 86% connection

small nonvenomous arachnid resembling a tailless scorpion

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Aldermanic adjective · 78% connection

Relating to, becoming to, or like, an alderman; characteristic of an alderman.

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Anglican adjective · 78% connection

Pertaining to, characteristic of, or held by, the high church party of the Church of England.

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Attic adjective · 78% connection

Of or pertaining to Attica, in Greece, or to Athens, its principal city; marked by such qualities as were characteristic of the Atheni…

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Banter verb · 78% connection

To jest about; to ridicule in speaking of, as some trait, habit, characteristic, and the like.

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Beauish noun · 78% connection

Like a beau; characteristic of a beau; foppish; fine.

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Buffoon adjective · 78% connection

Characteristic of, or like, a buffoon.

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Bulldog adjective · 78% connection

Characteristic of, or like, a bulldog; stubborn; as, bulldog courage; bulldog tenacity.

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Coo verb · 78% connection

To make a low repeated cry or sound, like the characteristic note of pigeons or doves.

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Deposit noun · 78% connection

To lay down; to place; to put; to let fall or throw down (as sediment); as, a crocodile deposits her eggs in the sand; the waters depo…

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Earthquake adjective · 78% connection

Like, or characteristic of, an earthquake; loud; starling.

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