crocodilian reptile

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

crocodilian reptile - extant archosaurian reptile crocodiliandiapsid, diapsid reptile - reptile having a pair of openings in the skull behind each eyeCrocodilia, Crocodylia, order Crocodilia, order Crocodylia - crocodiles; alligators; caimans; gavialscrocodile - large voracious aquatic reptile having a long snout with massive jaws and sharp teeth and a body covered with bony plates; of sluggish tropical watersfalse gavial, Tomistoma schlegeli - crocodile of southeast Asia similar to but smaller than the gavialgator, alligator - either of two amphibious reptiles related to crocodiles but with shorter broader snoutscaiman, cayman - a semiaquatic reptile of Central and South America that resembles an alligator but has a more heavily armored bellygavial, Gavialis gangeticus - large fish-eating Indian crocodilian with a long slender snout