crocodilian reptile

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

crocodilian reptile - extant archosaurian reptile           crocodilian diapsid, diapsid reptile - reptile having a pair of openings in the skull behind each eye Crocodilia, Crocodylia, order Crocodilia, order Crocodylia - crocodiles; alligators; caimans; gavials crocodile - large voracious aquatic reptile having a long snout with massive jaws and sharp teeth and a body covered with bony plates; of sluggish tropical waters false gavial, Tomistoma schlegeli - crocodile of southeast Asia similar to but smaller than the gavial gator, alligator - either of two amphibious reptiles related to crocodiles but with shorter broader snouts caiman, cayman - a semiaquatic reptile of Central and South America that resembles an alligator but has a more heavily armored belly gavial, Gavialis gangeticus - large fish-eating Indian crocodilian with a long slender snout