Definition of Gavialidae

1. Noun. Gavials.

Exact synonyms: Family Gavialidae
Generic synonyms: Reptile Family
Group relationships: Crocodilia, Crocodylia, Order Crocodilia, Order Crocodylia
Member holonyms: Gavialis, Genus Gavialis

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gavialidae

Gauss points
Gaussian
Gaussian distribution
Gaussian distributions
Gaussian integer
Gaussian shape
Gaussianity
Gautama
Gautama Buddha
Gautama Siddhartha
Gav
Gavar
Gavard's muscle
Gavarr
Gavia
Gavialidae (current term)
Gavialis
Gavialis gangeticus
Gavidae
Gaviiformes
Gavin
Gaw
Gawain
Gawd
Gay's glands
Gay-Lussac
Gay-Lussac's equation
Gay-Lussac's law
Gay Games

Literary usage of Gavialidae

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Vertebrate Zoölogy by Horatio Hackett Newman (1920)
"Living Crocodilia belong to two families: Gavialidae and Croco- ... Family Gavialidae.—There is but one living species of gavials, Gavialis gangeticus (Fig. ..."

2. The Journal of Geology by University of Chicago Department of Geology and Paleontology (1906)
"... vertebrae has been concurrent in two, possibly in all three, of the ^ _^^^^(^ modern types of Crocodilia, the Gavialidae, ..."

3. Nyasaland Under the Foreign Office by Hector Livingston Duff (1906)
"The true Gavial (G. Gangeticus) I had always thought to be confined to the East Indies. Certainly I have never seen or heard of any of the family Gavialidae ..."

4. Water Reptiles of the Past and Present by Samuel Wendell Williston (1914)
"The third family, the Gavialidae, also comprises but two living species, both restricted in habitat to the rivers of India. Of these the famed gavial of the ..."

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