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Definition of Gavial

1. Noun. Large fish-eating Indian crocodilian with a long slender snout.

Definition of Gavial

1. n. A large Asiatic crocodilian (Gavialis Gangeticus); -- called also nako, and Gangetic crocodile.

Definition of Gavial

1. Noun. A crocodile-like reptile with long, narrow jaws (species ''Gavialis gangeticus''); one of two surviving members of the family Gavialidae. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Gavial

1. a large reptile [n -S]

Medical Definition of Gavial

1. A large Asiatic crocodilian (Gavialis Gangeticus); called also nako, and Gangetic crocodile. The gavial has a long, slender muzzle, teeth of nearly uniform size, and feet completely webbed. It inhabits the Ganges and other rivers of India. The name is also applied to several allied fossil species. Origin: Hind. Ghariul: cf. F. Gavial. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Gavial

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

1. Two Years in the Jungle: The Experiences of a Hunter and Naturalist in India by William Temple Hornaday (1885)
"How to Skeletonize a gavial—Mode of Skinning Described.—Birds of Prey. ... Plucky Encounter with a Wounded gavial—A Struggle at Close Quarters. ..."

2. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History by American Museum of Natural History (1921)
"A New gavial from the Late Tertiary of Florida. Amer. Journ. ... A New Tortoise and a Supplementary Note on the gavial, ..."

3. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Edward Griffith, Charles Hamilton Smith, Edward Pidgeon, John Edward Gray, George Robert Gray (1830)
"In the gavial, when the articular part has been removed, as here, they are, on the contrary ... They do not form together so open an angle as in the gavial. ..."

4. Geology of Oxford and the Valley of the Thames by John Phillips (1871)
"gavial of the Ganges. 3. ... The occipital condyle has a slight vertical groove, as in gavial, not observed in our ..."

5. Cyclopædia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia, Commercial, Industrial by Edward Balfour (1873)
"... the reception of air, so that the males are enabled to remain under water for a longer time than the female«. The gavial attains to a length of 20 feet. ..."

6. Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, Exhibiting a View of the Progressive by Robert Jameson, Sir William Jardine, Henry D Rogers (1837)
"Yes," he faltered, " Quite ;" and with these words he became insensible and soon expired. Analysis of the Scales of the Fossil gavial of Caen in Normandy. ..."

7. Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York by New York Academy of Sciences (1824)
"OBSERVATIONS on a Fossil Jaw of a species of gavial, from West Jersey. By JE DEKA Y. Read January, 1833. IN a paper which I had the honour to lay before the ..."

8. Two Years in the Jungle: The Experiences of a Hunter and Naturalist in India by William Temple Hornaday (1885)
"How to Skeletonize a gavial—Mode of Skinning Described.—Birds of Prey. ... Plucky Encounter with a Wounded gavial—A Struggle at Close Quarters. ..."

9. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History by American Museum of Natural History (1921)
"A New gavial from the Late Tertiary of Florida. Amer. Journ. ... A New Tortoise and a Supplementary Note on the gavial, ..."

10. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Edward Griffith, Charles Hamilton Smith, Edward Pidgeon, John Edward Gray, George Robert Gray (1830)
"In the gavial, when the articular part has been removed, as here, they are, on the contrary ... They do not form together so open an angle as in the gavial. ..."

11. Geology of Oxford and the Valley of the Thames by John Phillips (1871)
"gavial of the Ganges. 3. ... The occipital condyle has a slight vertical groove, as in gavial, not observed in our ..."

12. Cyclopædia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia, Commercial, Industrial by Edward Balfour (1873)
"... the reception of air, so that the males are enabled to remain under water for a longer time than the female«. The gavial attains to a length of 20 feet. ..."

13. Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, Exhibiting a View of the Progressive by Robert Jameson, Sir William Jardine, Henry D Rogers (1837)
"Yes," he faltered, " Quite ;" and with these words he became insensible and soon expired. Analysis of the Scales of the Fossil gavial of Caen in Normandy. ..."

14. Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York by New York Academy of Sciences (1824)
"OBSERVATIONS on a Fossil Jaw of a species of gavial, from West Jersey. By JE DEKA Y. Read January, 1833. IN a paper which I had the honour to lay before the ..."

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