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Definition of Order Crocodilia
1. Noun. Crocodiles; alligators; caimans; gavials.
Exact synonyms: Crocodilia, Crocodylia, Order Crocodylia
Generic synonyms: Animal Order
Group relationships: Archosauria, Subclass Archosauria
Member holonyms: Crocodilian, Crocodilian Reptile, Crocodylidae, Family Crocodylidae, Alligatoridae, Family Alligatoridae, Family Gavialidae, Gavialidae
Generic synonyms: Animal Order
Group relationships: Archosauria, Subclass Archosauria
Member holonyms: Crocodilian, Crocodilian Reptile, Crocodylidae, Family Crocodylidae, Alligatoridae, Family Alligatoridae, Family Gavialidae, Gavialidae
Lexicographical Neighbors of Order Crocodilia
Literary usage of Order Crocodilia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Essays and Observations on Natural History, Anatomy, Physiology, Psychology by John Hunter, Richard Owen (1861)
"[Order CROCODILIA'.] Of tlie Crocodile.—There are two kinds, with regard to the
trachea ; in one it is nearly straight', in the other it makes a bend upon ..."