Eusuchia
plural noun
Eu·su·chia
yüˈsükēə
: a suborder or other division of Loricata including the typical members of that group (such as the existing gavials, alligators, and crocodiles and post-Cretaceous fossil forms) having the internal nasal opening situated far back and surrounded by the pterygoid bone
eusuchian adjective
-ēən
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from eu- + Greek souchos crocodile + New Latin -ia