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

Lexicographical Neighbors of Order Crocodilia

order Chytridiales
order Ciconiiformes
order Cilioflagellata
order Coccidia
order Coleoptera
order Collembola
order Columbiformes
order Colymbiformes
order Commelinales
order Coniferales
order Conodonta
order Conodontophorida
order Coraciiformes
order Cordaitales
order Corrodentia
order Crocodilia
order Crocodylia
order Cuculiformes
order Cycadales
order Cycadofilicales
order Cyclostomata
order Cydippea
order Cydippida
order Cydippidea
order Cypriniformes
order Decapoda
order Dermaptera
order Dermoptera
order Diapensiales
order Dicranales

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 ..."

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