gavial

• gharial, gharrial, ghavial

From Hindi घड़ियाल (ghaṛiyāl).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡeɪ.vi.əl/

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gavial (plural gavials)

1. The crocodilian Gavialis gangeticus; any species of the family Gavialidae.
   • 2002, Pierre-Henri Gouyon, Jean-Pierre Henry, Jacques Arnould, “Gene Avatars: The Neo-Darwinian Theory of Evolution”, in Tiiu Ojasoo, transl., [1997, Les avatars du gène: La théorie néodarwinienne de l'évolution], page 28:

     Cuvier had begun studying the fossils of crocodiles found near Caen and Honfleur in France. (They were, in fact, gavials, fine-jawed crocodiles that are nowadays found in India).

   • 2006, Lynn Huggins-Cooper, Ravenous Reptiles, page 19:

     Although human remains and jewelry have been found in their stomachs, gavials are not as fierce as many alligators and crocodiles.

   • 2011, Joseph T. Springer, Dennis Holley, An Introduction to Zoology: Investigating the Animal World, page 415:

     Gavials (or gharials) are found only on the northern Indian subcontinent, where most are riverine, being best adapted to calmer areas in deep fast-flowing rivers.

Technically, extending the definition to family Gavialidae results in including just one other extant species: the false gavial (Tomistoma schlegelii). However, the subfamily Tomistominae is often (perhaps usually) excluded from Gavialidae.

• (Gavialis gangeticus): fish-eating crocodile, gharial, Indian gharial
• (any species of Gavialidae): gavialid

• false gavial (Tomistoma schlegelii)

• gavialid

• caiman
• Gavialis

Borrowed from French gavial, from Hindi घड़ियाल (ghaṛiyāl, “alligator, crocodile”).

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ɡə.βiˈal]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ɡə.viˈal]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ɡa.viˈal]

gavial m (plural gavials)

1. gavial (Gavialis gangeticus)

• fals gavial

• “gavial” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Borrowed from Hindi घड़ियाल (ghaṛiyāl, “alligator, crocodile”).

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gavial m (plural gaviaux)

1. gavial

• “gavial”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Borrowed from French gavial, from Hindi घड़ियाल (ghaṛiyāl, “alligator, crocodile”).

• IPA^(key): /ɡaviˈal/
• Hyphenation: ga‧vi‧al

gavial m (plural gaviali)

1. gavial

Borrowed from French gavial, from Hindi घड़ियाल (ghaṛiyāl, “alligator, crocodile”).

• IPA^(key): /ɡaˈbjal/ [ɡaˈβ̞jal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: ga‧vial

gavial m (plural gaviales)

1. gavial, gharial

• “gavial”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014