gavial

English

A gavial

Wikispecies

Alternative forms

• gharial

Etymology

From Hindi घड़ियाल (ghaṛiyāl).

Noun

gavial (plural gavials)

1. The crocodilian Gavialis gangeticus; any species of the family Gavialidae.
   • 2002, Pierre-Henri Gouyon, Jean-Pierre Henry, Jacques Arnould, Tiiu Ojasoo (translator), Gene Avatars: The Neo-Darwinian Theory of Evolution, [1997, Les avatars du gène: La théorie néodarwinienne de l'évolution], page 28,

     Cuvier had begun studying the fossils of crocodiles found near Caen and Honfleur in France. (They were, in fact, gavials, fine-jawed crocodiles that are nowadays found in India).

   • 2006, Lynn Huggins-Cooper, Ravenous Reptiles, page 19,

     Although human remains and jewelry have been found in their stomachs, gavials are not as fierce as many alligators and crocodiles.

   • 2011, Joseph T. Springer, Dennis Holley, An Introduction to Zoology: Investigating the Animal World, page 415,

     Gavials (or gharials) are found only on the northern Indian subcontinent, where most are riverine, being best adapted to calmer areas in deep fast-flowing rivers.

Usage notes

Technically, extending the definition to family Gavialidae results in including just one other extant species: the false gavial (Tomistoma schlegelii). However, the subfamily Tomistominae is often (perhaps usually) excluded from Gavialidae.

Synonyms

• (Gavialis gangeticus): fish-eating crocodile, gharial, Indian gharial
• (any species of Gavialidae): gavialid

Derived terms

• false gavial (Tomistoma schlegelii)

Related terms

• gavialid

Translations

crocodilian of genus Gavialis

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 恆河鱷, 恒河鳄 (hénghé'è), 食魚鱷, 食鱼鳄 (shíyú'è), 印度食魚鱷, 印度食鱼鳄 (yìndù shíyú'è), 印度鱷 (zh), 印度鳄 (zh) (yìndù'è)

• Finnish: gaviaali (fi), gangesingaviaali
• French: gavial du Gange m, gavial (fr) m
• German: Gangesgavial m, Gharial m, Gavial (de) m
• Hindi: घड़ियाल (hi) (ghaṛiyāl)

• Japanese: インドガビアル (ja) (indogabiaru), ガビアル (ja) (gabiaru)
• Khmer: ក្រពើផ្ទោង (krɑpəə ptoung)
• Navajo: táłkááʼ tsʼin bíchį́į́hnézí
• Polish: gawial (pl) m
• Portuguese: gavial m
• Russian: гавиа́л (ru) m (gaviál)
• Spanish: gavial m

See also

• caiman
• Gavialis

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Romanian

Un gavial

Etymology

From French gavial, from Hindi घड़ियाल (gaṛiyāl, “alligator, crocodile”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡaviˈal/
• Hyphenation: ga‧vi‧al

Noun

gavial m (plural gaviali)

1. gavial

Declension

declension of gavial

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) gavial	gavialul	(niște) gaviali	gavialii
genitive/dative	(unui) gavial	gavialului	(unor) gaviali	gavialilor
vocative	gavialule		gavialilor

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Spanish

Etymology

From French gavial, from Hindi घड़ियाल (gaṛiyāl, “alligator, crocodile”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡaˈβjal/
• Rhymes: -al

Noun

gavial m (plural gaviales)

1. gavial, gharial