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Definition of Family gavialidae
1. Noun. Gavials.
Exact synonyms: Gavialidae
Generic synonyms: Reptile Family
Group relationships: Crocodilia, Crocodylia, Order Crocodilia, Order Crocodylia
Member holonyms: Gavialis, Genus Gavialis
Generic synonyms: Reptile Family
Group relationships: Crocodilia, Crocodylia, Order Crocodilia, Order Crocodylia
Member holonyms: Gavialis, Genus Gavialis
Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Gavialidae
Literary usage of Family gavialidae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Vertebrate Zoölogy by Horatio Hackett Newman (1920)
"family gavialidae.—There is but one living species of gavials, Gavialis
gangeticus (Fig. 137, C), confined to the Ganges and other large rivers of India. ..."
2. Nyasaland Under the Foreign Office by Hector Livingston Duff (1906)
"Certainly I have never seen or heard of any of the family Gavialidae in the waters
of Nyasaland, ..."
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