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Definition of Nile crocodile
1. Noun. A dangerous crocodile widely distributed in Africa.
Definition of Nile crocodile
1. Noun. A large fierce carnivorous semi-aquatic African crocodile. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nile Crocodile
Literary usage of Nile crocodile
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Winners in Life's Race, Or, The Great Backboned Family by Arabella Burton Buckley (1882)
"... holding more than thirty teeth in each jaw, they look Fig- 25- The Nile
Crocodile.—(Tristram.) formidable indeed as they drag their heavy bodies along ..."
2. The BBC Natural History Unit's Wildlife Specials by David Attenborough, Keith Scholey, B.B.C.Natural History Unit (1997)
"The nile crocodile is not restricted to the river Nile but occurs in many areas
of sub-Saharan Africa and Madagascar. Males reach 6 m (r. 20 ft) in length. ..."
3. The Scientific Memoirs of Thomas Henry Huxley by Thomas Henry Huxley, Michael Foster (1902)
"the dimensions of the corresponding bones in a nile crocodile, 114 inches long,
in the Museum of the University of Oxford. Moreover, there is another ..."
4. Elementary Zoology by Vernon Lyman Kellogg (1901)
"The best-known crocodile is the nile crocodile, which is not limited to the Nile
... The gavial and nile crocodile are both known to attack and devour human ..."
5. The Animals and Man: An Elementary Textbook of Zoology and Human Physiology by Vernon Lyman Kellogg, Mary Isabel McCracken (1911)
"The best-known crocodile is the nile crocodile, which is not limited to the ...
The gavial and nile crocodile "are both known to attack and devour human ..."
6. First Lessons in Zoology by Vernon Lyman Kellogg (1903)
"The best-known crocodile is the nile crocodile, which is not limited to the Nile
... The gavial and nile crocodile are both known to attack and devour human ..."
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