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Crocodilian

Definition: Crocodilian

Crocodilian

Noun

1. Extant archosaurian reptile.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "crocodilian" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1550. (references)


Synonym: Crocodilian

Synonym: crocodilian reptile (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Crocodilian

English words defined with "crocodilian": gavial, Gavialis gangeticusTeleosaurusYacare. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Crocodilian

DomainTitle

Books

  • A study of crocodilian coprolites from Wannagan Creek Quarry (Paleocene-North Dakota) : ichnofossils II (reference)

  • Crocodilian Skin Trade in South America (reference)

  • Crocodilian, Tuatara, and Turtle Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (reference)

  • Directory of Crocodilian Farming Operations (reference)

  • The literature of crocodilian form and function (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Crocodilian

Illustrations:
Crocodilian

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Usage Frequency: Crocodilian

"Crocodilian" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Crocodilian" is used about 4 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)100%4175,879

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: Crocodilian

Expression using "crocodilian": crocodilian reptile. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Crocodilian

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

crocodilian

5

nike crocodilian

3

crocodilian plus slide

2

crocodilian nike slide

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Crocodilian

Language Translations for "crocodilian"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

krokodili. (various references)

   

Czech

  

krokodýlí. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

κροκοδίλειοσ. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

krokodilusféle. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ocodiliancray

   

Portuguese

  

relativo a crocodilo. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

крокодиловый. (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

krokodilski. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

de cocodrilo. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

krokodil-. (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

крокодиловий. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Crocodilian

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

Crocodylia. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Crocodilian

Derivations

Words beginning with "crocodilian": crocodilians. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Crocodilian" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Crocodylidae. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Crocodilian"

Words rhyming with "crocodilian" (pronounced 'Croc`o*dil"i*an'): Abderian, Absinthian, Academian, Academician, Acadian, Acanthopterygian, Acaridan, Achean, Achillean, Acoustician, Acritan, Acroceraunian, Acropolitan, Adamantean, Adessenarian, Adonean, Adrian, AEgean, AEolian, AEonian, AEsculapian, AEsthetican, Ahriman, Airman, Airwoman, Alabastrian, Alan, Alban, Albanian, Albigensian, Aldebaran, Alderman, Alexandrian, Algerian, Algonkian, Algonquian, Alkoran, Alloxan, Almsman, Alogian, Alongshoreman, Alphabetarian, Altitudinarian, Amatorian, Amazonian, Amebean, Ametabolian, Amoebean, Amoebian, Amphigean. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Crocodilian

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-c-d-i-i-l-n-o-o-r"

-2 letters: accordion, carcinoid, conciliar.

-3 letters: cancroid, conidial, conoidal, coracoid, doornail, draconic, iconical, ironclad, ironical.

-4 letters: aclinic, acronic, caldron, caloric, cardoon, clarion, codicil, colicin, colonic, concord, conical, conidia, cordial, coronal, cricoid, crinoid, laconic, lardoon, lianoid, nodical, orcinol, ordinal, raccoon.

-5 letters: accord, acidic, acinic, aldrin, alnico, anodic, calico, candor, carlin, caroli, clinic, clonic, cocain, codlin, coloni, condor.

 Words containing the letters "a-c-c-d-i-i-l-n-o-o-r"
 

+1 letter: crocodilians.

 

+4 letters: contradictorily, trichomonacidal.

 

+5 letters: endocrinological.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Images: Slideshow
6. Usage Frequency
7. Expressions
8. Expressions: Internet
9. Translations: Modern
10. Translations: Ancient
11. Derivations
12. Rhymes
13. Anagrams
14. Bibliography


  

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