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Definition of Tomistoma schlegeli

1. Noun. Crocodile of southeast Asia similar to but smaller than the gavial.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tomistoma Schlegeli

Literary usage of Tomistoma schlegeli

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

1. The Cambridge Natural History by Arthur Everett Shipley, Sidney Frederic Harmer (1901)
"Tomistoma schlegeli, p. 453. Il. Snout not slender, but triangular or rounded off. The mandibular sym- physis does not reach beyond the eighth tooth, ..."

2. The alligator and its allies by Albert Moore Reese (1915)
"... Indian Gavial Tomistoma schlegeli, Malayan Gavial B. Snout very sharp and slender; of triangular outline Crocodilus cataphractus. ..."

3. The Zoological Record ...: Being Records of Zoological Literature by Zoological Record Association (London, England), Zoological Society of London (1897)
"On the occurrence of Schlegel's Gavial (Tomistoma schlegeli) in the Malay Peninsula, with remarks on the atlas and axis of the Cro- ..."

4. British Museum Guides: Vertrbrates by British Museum (Natural History) (1906)
"... and the False or Malay Gharial (Tomistoma schlegeli, 8), of Malaysia, form a group of Crocodilians characterised by the length and narrowness of the ..."

5. Bibliography by University of the State of New York, New York State Library (1901)
"On the occurrence of Schlegel's gavial (tomistoma schlegeli) in the Malay peninsular; together with papers on the cave-dwellers of Perak ; tin mining in ..."

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