- Aquatic reptile - Large reptile - Reptilian predator - A large reptile of the genus Crocodilus, of several
species. They grow to the length of sixteen or eighteen feet, and
inhabit the large rivers of Africa, Asia, and America. The eggs, laid
in the sand, are hatched by the sun's heat. The best known species is
that of the Nile (C. vulgaris, or C. Niloticus). The Florida crocodile
(C. Americanus) is much less common than the alligator and has longer
jaws. The name is also sometimes applied to the species of other
related genera, as the gavial and the alligator. - A fallacious dilemma, mythically supposed to have been
first used by a crocodile.
- Large reptile - Snake - Any reptile of the order Ophidia; a snake, especially a
large snake. See Illust. under Ophidia. - Fig.: A subtle, treacherous, malicious person. - A species of firework having a serpentine motion as it
passess through the air or along the ground. - The constellation Serpens. - A bass wind instrument, of a loud and coarse tone,
formerly much used in military bands, and sometimes introduced into the
orchestra; -- so called from its form.
- A large non-venomous snake that kills by crushing its prey - A large snake - A reptile - A type of snake - Constrictor snake - Feather scarf - Feather wrap
- Bewildered at gorilla finding reptile Bill Haley wanted to see later - Broad snouted reptile - Large crocodilian - Large reptile - Large reptile bothers a girl a lot - Semiaquatic reptile - A large carnivorous reptile of the Crocodile family,
peculiar to America. It has a shorter and broader snout than the
crocodile, and the large teeth of the lower jaw shut into pits in the
upper jaw, which has no marginal notches. Besides the common species of
the southern United States, there are allied species in South America.
- Extinct flying reptile - A genus of American Cretaceous pterodactyls destitute
of teeth. Several species are known, some of which had an expanse of
wings of twenty feet or more.