Crossword clues for gavial
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Gavial \Ga"vi*al\ (g[=a]"v[i^]*al), n. [Hind. gha[.r]iy[=a]l: cf. F. gavial.] (Zo["o]l.) A large Asiatic crocodilian ( Gavialis Gangeticus); -- called also nako, and Gangetic crocodile.
Note: 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.
Wiktionary
n. The crocodilian (taxlink Gavialis gangeticus species noshow=1); any species of the family Gavialidae.
WordNet
n. large fish-eating Indian crocodilian with a long slender snout [syn: Gavialis gangeticus]
Usage examples of "gavial".
I am no faithless fish-hunting Gavial, I, at Kasi to-day and Prayag to-morrow, as the saying is, but the true and constant watcher of the ford.
The Gavial, my cousin, the fish-eater, has told me how hard it is for him to follow his fish, and how one fish differs from the other and how he must know them all, both together and apart.
My village was being builded for the third time, as I remember, when my cousin, the Gavial, brought me word of rich waters above Benares.
But the season I think of, the river was low, smooth, and even, and, as the Gavial had warned me, the dead English came down, touching each other.
Driven before the advancing flames was a huge herd of alligators and crocodiles, gavials and other toothed denizens of the shallow stream.