Definition of Crocodylus

1. Noun. Type genus of the Crocodylidae.

Exact synonyms: Crocodilus, Genus Crocodilus, Genus Crocodylus
Generic synonyms: Reptile Genus
Group relationships: Crocodylidae, Family Crocodylidae
Member holonyms: Crocodile

Lexicographical Neighbors of Crocodylus

Croatian Sheepdogs
Croatians
Croation
Croato-Serbian
Croats
Crocanthemum canadensei
Crocethia
Crocethia alba
Crock Pot
Crockett
Crocodile River
Crocodilia
Crocodilus
Crocodylia
Crocodylidae
Crocodylus
Crocodylus niloticus
Crocodylus porosus
Crocq's disease
Crocus sativus
Crocuta
Crocuta crocuta
Croesus
Croft
Crohn
Crohn's disease
Croix de Guerre
Croker
Cromwell
Cromwellian

Literary usage of Crocodylus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Catalogue of the Type and Figured Specimens of Fossils, Minerals, Rocks, and by George Perkins Merrill, Charles Schuchert (1907)
"crocodylus clavis Cope. Type. Parts of right maxillary and premaxillary bones, ... crocodylus elliotti Leidy. Type. Anterior part of left maxillary. ..."

2. A Check List of North American Amphibians and Reptiles by Leonhard Stejneger, Thomas Barbour (1917)
"53 TYPE: niloticus = Lacerta crocodilus Linne in part crocodylus acutus CUVIER CROCODILE Crocodilus acutus CUVIER Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, Vol. ..."

3. Paleobiology of the Williamsburg Formation (Black Mingo Group; Paleocene) of by Albert E. Sanders (1998)
"The Natural History of crocodylus porosus; pp. 237-312 in A study of crocodylus porosus in North Australia. University of Sydney. WEEMS, ROBERTE. 1998. ..."

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