FALSE GAVIAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does false gavial mean? 

• FALSE GAVIAL (noun)
  The noun FALSE GAVIAL has 1 sense:

1. crocodile of southeast Asia similar to but smaller than the gavial

  Familiarity information: FALSE GAVIAL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FALSE GAVIAL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Crocodile of southeast Asia similar to but smaller than the gavial

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

false gavial; Tomistoma schlegeli

Hypernyms ("false gavial" is a kind of...):

crocodilian; crocodilian reptile (extant archosaurian reptile)

Holonyms ("false gavial" is a member of...):

genus Tomistoma; Tomistoma (a genus of Malayan crocodiles)