单词 | nilotic crocodile |
释义 | > as lemmasNilotic crocodile Nilotic crocodile n. now rare the Nile crocodile, Crocodylus niloticus. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > reptiles > order Crocodilia (crocodiles and alligators) > [noun] > suborder Eusuchia > family Crocodylidae > crocodylus niloticus (Nile crocodile) Nilotic crocodile1855 Nile crocodile1888 1855 W. S. Dallas in Orr's Circle Sci.: Org. Nature III. 132 The best known species is the Nilotic Crocodile (Crocodilus vulgaris), which attains a length of twenty-five or thirty feet. a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) I. xix. 502 A kind of plover may often be seen in the company of the basking and gaping Nilotic crocodiles. 1997 Jerusalem Post (Nexis) 16 May 8 The nearest thing to living dinosaurs that any human being would ever behold—Nilotic crocodiles. < as lemmas |
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