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gavial

English

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A gavial
 
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Etymology

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From Hindi घड़ियाल (ghaṛiyāl). Doublet of gharial.

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gavial (plural gavials)

  1. The crocodilian Gavialis gangeticus; any species of the family Gavialidae.
    • 2002, Pierre-Henri Gouyon, Jean-Pierre Henry, Jacques Arnould, “Gene Avatars: The Neo-Darwinian Theory of Evolution”, in Tiiu Ojasoo, transl., [1997, Les avatars du gène: La théorie néodarwinienne de l'évolution], page 28:
      Cuvier had begun studying the fossils of crocodiles found near Caen and Honfleur in France. (They were, in fact, gavials, fine-jawed crocodiles that are nowadays found in India).
    • 2006, Lynn Huggins-Cooper, Ravenous Reptiles, page 19:
      Although human remains and jewelry have been found in their stomachs, gavials are not as fierce as many alligators and crocodiles.
    • 2011, Joseph T. Springer, Dennis Holley, An Introduction to Zoology: Investigating the Animal World, page 415:
      Gavials (or gharials) are found only on the northern Indian subcontinent, where most are riverine, being best adapted to calmer areas in deep fast-flowing rivers.

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Technically, extending the definition to family Gavialidae results in including just one other extant species: the false gavial (Tomistoma schlegelii). However, the subfamily Tomistominae is often (perhaps usually) excluded from Gavialidae.

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Catalan

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French gavial, from Hindi घड़ियाल (ghaṛiyāl, “alligator, crocodile”).

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gavial m (plural gavials)

  1. gavial (Gavialis gangeticus)

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French

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Hindi घड़ियाल (ghaṛiyāl, “alligator, crocodile”).

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gavial m (plural gaviaux)

  1. gavial

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Romanian

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Un gavial

Etymology

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Borrowed from French gavial, from Hindi घड़ियाल (ghaṛiyāl, “alligator, crocodile”).

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  • IPA(key): /ɡaviˈal/
  • Hyphenation: ga‧vi‧al

Noun

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gavial m (plural gaviali)

  1. gavial

Declension

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Declension of gavial
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) gavial gavialul (niște) gaviali gavialii
genitive/dative (unui) gavial gavialului (unor) gaviali gavialilor
vocative gavialule gavialilor

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French gavial, from Hindi घड़ियाल (ghaṛiyāl, “alligator, crocodile”).

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  • IPA(key): /ɡaˈbjal/ [ɡaˈβ̞jal]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: ga‧vial

Noun

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gavial m (plural gaviales)

  1. gavial, gharial

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