crocodile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɹɑkədaɪl/
ipa: [ˈkʰɹɑkədaɪɫ]
ipa: /ˈkɹɒkədaɪl/
note: Dublin
ipa: /ˈkɹakədo̞ɪl/
note: Dublin
ipa: /ˈkɹakədəɪl/
note: Dublin
ipa: /ˈkɾakədo̞ɪl/
note: Dublin
ipa: /ˈkɾakədəɪl/
Forms: form: crocodiles
Etymology: From Middle English cocodrill, cokadrill, cokedril, from Old French cocodril (modern French crocodile), from Medieval Latin cocodrillus, from Latin crocodilus, from Ancient Greek κροκόδειλος (krokódeilos). The word was later refashioned after the Latin and Greek forms. Doublet of krokodil.
Senses: examples: text: The Roman poet Horace states that the excrement of the crocodile has aphrodisiac virtues.
ref: 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 71:
text: Industrial and rural expansion is shrinking and destroying the Nile crocodile's natural habitat. The Nile crocodiles, in particular, have been a source of highly durable leather for a variety of products which can be crafted and manufactured.
ref: 2005, Mwelwa Musambachime, Basic Facts on Zambia, page 97:
text: Two species of crocodile inhabit Australian waterways: (a) the saltwater Crocodile — Crocodylus porosus, and (b) the freshwater crocodile — Crocodylus johnstoni.
ref: 2008, Walkter B. Wood, “Chapter 16: Forensic Identification in Fatal Crocodile Attacks”, in Marc Oxenham, editor, Forensic Approaches to Death, Disaster and Abuse, page 244:
text: One contained some brightly-coloured tropical birds, one a python and the other a large and very lively crocodile.
I told the customer that the boxes containing the crocodile and the python were not packed to my satisfaction, as there were not enough nails securing them.
ref: 2011, Sam Thaker, The Crocodile's Teeth, page 31:
glosses: Any of the predatory amphibious reptiles of the family Crocodylidae; (loosely) a crocodilian, any species of the order Crocodilia, which also includes the alligators, caimans and gavials.
examples: text: Sometimes the kids from the slap-up boys' schools in Eastbourne used to be led round in crocodiles to hand out fags and peppermint creams to the 'wounded Tommies', as they called us.
ref: 1939, George Orwell, Coming Up for Air, part 2, chapter 8:
glosses: A long line or procession of people (especially children) walking together.
examples: text: We have seen syllogisms, crocodiles, enthymemas, sorites, &c. explained and tried upon a boy of nine or ten years old in playful conversation[…]
ref: 1798, Maria Edgeworth, Practical Education:
topics: human-sciences
logic
mathematics
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A fallacious dilemma, mythically supposed to have been first used by a crocodile.
glosses: greedy or corrupt person (especially a politician or any public official)
Synonyms: sense: predatory amphibious reptile
word: croc
Derived terms: word: after a while, crocodile
taxonomic: Crocodylus acutus
word: American crocodile
taxonomic: Crocodylus johnstoni
word: Australian freshwater crocodile
taxonomic: Crocodylus niloticus madagascariensis
word: black crocodile
taxonomic: Shinisaurus crocodilurus
word: Chinese crocodile lizard
taxonomic: Pluvianus aegyptius
word: crocodile bird
word: crocodile clip
word: crocodiledom
word: crocodilelike
word: crocodile shear
word: crocodile tears
word: crocodile tegu
word: crocodility
word: crocoduck
taxonomic: Crocodylus rhombifer
word: Cuban crocodile
taxonomic: Osteolaemus tetraspis
word: dwarf crocodile
taxonomic: Crocodylus porosus
word: estuarine crocodile
word: fish-eating crocodile
taxonomic: Crocodylus johnstoni
word: freshwater crocodile
word: in a while, crocodile
taxonomic: Crocodylus porosus
word: Indo-Pacific crocodile
taxonomic: Crocodylus johnstoni
word: Johnston's crocodile
taxonomic: Crocodylus palustris
word: marsh crocodile
taxonomic: Crocodylus mindorensis
word: Mindoro crocodile
taxonomic: Crocodylus moreletii
word: Morelet's crocodile
taxonomic: Crocodylus palustris
word: mugger crocodile
taxonomic: Crocodylus novaeguineae
word: New Guinea crocodile
taxonomic: Crocodylus niloticus
word: Nile crocodile
taxonomic: Crocodylus intermedius
word: Orinoco crocodile
word: Philippine crocodile
taxonomic: Crocodylus mindorensis
word: Philippine freshwater crocodile
taxonomic: Crocodylus porosus
word: saltwater crocodile
taxonomic: Crocodylus siamensis
word: Siamese crocodile
taxonomic: Mecistops spp.
word: slender-snouted crocodile
taxonomic: Crocodylus palustris
word: swamp crocodile
word: werecrocodile
Related terms: crocodilian