GAVIALIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Gavialis mean? 

• GAVIALIS (noun)
  The noun GAVIALIS has 1 sense:

1. type genus of the Gavialidae

  Familiarity information: GAVIALIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GAVIALIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Type genus of the Gavialidae

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Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Gavialis; genus Gavialis

Hypernyms ("Gavialis" is a kind of...):

reptile genus (a genus of reptiles)

Meronyms (members of "Gavialis"):

gavial; Gavialis gangeticus (large fish-eating Indian crocodilian with a long slender snout)

Holonyms ("Gavialis" is a member of...):

family Gavialidae; Gavialidae (gavials)