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    [Noun]  | "croc*o*dile" | \ ˈkrä-kə-ˌdī(-ə)l \


    1: any of several large, carnivorous, thick-skinned, long-bodied, aquatic reptiles (family Crocodylidae and especially genus Crocodylus) of tropical and subtropical waters that have a long, tapered, V-shaped snout; broadly : crocodilian

    2: the skin or hide of a crocodile

    3: a line of people (such as schoolchildren) usually walking in pairs


    Origin: 1555 ;

     Middle English & Latin; Middle English cocodrille, from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin cocodrillus, alteration of Latin crocodilus, from Greek krokodilos lizard, crocodile, from krokē shingle, pebble + drilos worm; akin to Sanskrit śarkara pebble;

    [Noun]  | "crocodiles" 



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