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ORDER CROCODYLIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does order Crocodylia mean?
• ORDER CROCODYLIA (noun)
The noun ORDER CROCODYLIA has 1 sense:
1. crocodiles; alligators; caimans; gavials
Familiarity information: ORDER CROCODYLIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Crocodiles; alligators; caimans; gavials
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Crocodilia; Crocodylia; order Crocodilia; order Crocodylia
Hypernyms ("order Crocodylia" is a kind of...):
animal order (the order of animals)
Meronyms (members of "order Crocodylia"):
crocodilian; crocodilian reptile (extant archosaurian reptile)
Crocodylidae; family Crocodylidae (true crocodiles)
Alligatoridae; family Alligatoridae (alligators; caimans)
family Gavialidae; Gavialidae (gavials)
Holonyms ("order Crocodylia" is a member of...):
Archosauria; subclass Archosauria (a large subclass of diapsid reptiles including: crocodiles; alligators; dinosaurs; pterosaurs; plesiosaurs; ichthyosaurs; thecodonts)
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