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Definition of False gavial
1. Noun. Crocodile of southeast Asia similar to but smaller than the gavial.
Generic synonyms: Crocodilian, Crocodilian Reptile
Group relationships: Genus Tomistoma, Tomistoma
Lexicographical Neighbors of False Gavial
Literary usage of False gavial
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The English Cyclopaedia by Charles Knight (1870)
"... and (3) the false gavial of Adanson, ... The island of Borneo is inhabited by
a false gavial, ..."
2. Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, Exhibiting a View of the Progressive by Robert Jameson, Sir William Jardine, Henry D Rogers (1859)
"... is hardly anything new, the best things being a good skin and skeleton of the
crown crane. In reptiles, I have done fairly. First, I got a false gavial ..."
3. The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal (1859)
"... is hardly anything new, the best things being a good skin and skeleton of the
crown crane. In reptiles, I have done fairly. First, I got a false gavial ..."
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