noun. Any of various large aquatic reptiles of the family Crocodylidae that are native to tropical and subtropical regions and have thick, armorlike skin and long tapering jaws.

noun. A crocodilian reptile, such as an alligator, caiman, or gharial.

noun. Leather made from crocodile skin.

noun. A line of people, especially pupils or choir members, standing two abreast.

noun. An animal of the order Crocodilia, and especially of the family Crocodilidæ (see these words).

noun. In logic, a sophism of counter-questioning.

Like a crocodile, or like something pertaining to a crocodile.

noun. 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 (Crocodilus vulgaris, or Crocodilus Niloticus). The Florida crocodile (Crocodilus 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.

noun. A fallacious dilemma, mythically supposed to have been first used by a crocodile.

noun. an African plover (Pluvianus ægypticus) which alights upon the crocodile and devours its insect parasites, even entering its open mouth (according to reliable writers) in pursuit of files, etc.; -- called also Nile bird. It is the trochilos of ancient writers.

noun. false or affected tears; hypocritical sorrow; -- derived from the fiction of old travelers, that crocodiles shed tears over their prey.

noun. Any of a variety of related predatory amphibious reptiles, related to the alligator.

noun. A long line or procession of people (especially children) walking together.

noun. large voracious aquatic reptile having a long snout with massive jaws and sharp teeth and a body covered with bony plates; of sluggish tropical waters

alligator  caiman  cayman  crocodile tears  freshie  

crocodilian  crocodilian reptile  

Nile crocodile  african crocodile  asian crocodile  crocodylus niloticus  crocodylus porosus  

alligator  ape  boar  buffalo  elephant