"gavial" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɡeɪ.vi.əl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-gavial.wav Forms: gavials [plural]
Etymology: From Hindi घड़ियाल (ghaṛiyāl). Doublet of gharial. Etymology templates: {{dercat|en|sa}}, {{bor|en|hi|घड़ियाल}} Hindi घड़ियाल (ghaṛiyāl), {{dbt|en|gharial}} Doublet of gharial Head templates: {{en-noun}} gavial (plural gavials)
  1. The crocodilian Gavialis gangeticus; any species of the family Gavialidae. Wikipedia link: Gharial Categories (lifeform): Crocodilians Synonyms: gharial, gharrial, ghavial Synonyms (Gavialis gangeticus): fish-eating crocodile, gharial, Indian gharial Synonyms (any species of Gavialidae): gavialid Derived forms: false gavial (taxonomic: Tomistoma schlegelii) Related terms: gavialid, caiman, Gavialis Translations (crocodilian of genus Gavialis): جَرَال (jarāl) (Arabic), جَافِيال (jāfiyāl) (Arabic), ঘঁৰিয়াল (ghõrial) (Assamese), مل مچ (mal mac) (Baluchi), ঘড়িয়াল (ghoṛiẏal) (Bengali), ঘোড়েল (ghōṛel) (Bengali), gavial [masculine] (Catalan), 恆河鱷 (Chinese Mandarin), 恒河鳄 (hénghé'è) (Chinese Mandarin), 食魚鱷 (Chinese Mandarin), 食鱼鳄 (shíyú'è) (Chinese Mandarin), 印度食魚鱷 (Chinese Mandarin), 印度食鱼鳄 (yìndù shíyú'è) (Chinese Mandarin), 印度鱷 (Chinese Mandarin), 印度鳄 (yìndù'è) (Chinese Mandarin), gaviaal [common-gender] (Dutch), gaviaali (Finnish), gangesingaviaali (Finnish), gavial du Gange [masculine] (French), gavial [masculine] (French), Gangesgavial [masculine] (German), Gharial [masculine] (German), Gavial [masculine] (German), ઘડિયાલ (ghaḍiyāl) (Gujarati), घड़ियाल (ghaṛiyāl) (Hindi), インドガビアル (indogabiaru) (Japanese), ガビアル (gabiaru) (Japanese), ក្រពើផ្ទោង (krɑpəə ptoung) (Khmer), ചീങ്കണ്ണി (cīṅkaṇṇi) (Malayalam), മീൻമുതല (mīṉmutala) (Malayalam), सुसर (susar) (Marathi), táłkááʼ tsʼin bíchį́į́hnézí (Navajo), घडियाल (ghaḍiyāl) (Nepali), gawial [masculine] (Polish), gavial [masculine] (Portuguese), ਘੜੀਆਲ (ghaṛī'āl) (Punjabi), гавиа́л (gaviál) [masculine] (Russian), گھڙيال (ghaṛiyālu) (Sindhi), gavial [masculine] (Spanish), gavial [common-gender] (Swedish), கரியால் (kariyāl) (Tamil), རེ་འབྱམས་མཆུ་རིང་། (re 'byams mchu ring) (Tibetan), گھڑیال (ghaṛiyāl) (Urdu)

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      "expansion": "Hindi घड़ियाल (ghaṛiyāl)",
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      "word": "gavialid"
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      "word": "caiman"
    },
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      "word": "Gavialis"
    }
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        "Terms with Navajo translations",
        "Terms with Nepali translations",
        "Terms with Polish translations",
        "Terms with Portuguese translations",
        "Terms with Punjabi translations",
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        "Terms with Spanish translations",
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        "Terms with Urdu translations",
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        {
          "ref": "2002, Pierre-Henri Gouyon, Jean-Pierre Henry, Jacques Arnould, “Gene Avatars: The Neo-Darwinian Theory of Evolution”, in Tiiu Ojasoo, transl., [1997, Les avatars du gène: La théorie néodarwinienne de l'évolution], page 28:",
          "text": "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).",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2006, Lynn Huggins-Cooper, Ravenous Reptiles, page 19:",
          "text": "Although human remains and jewelry have been found in their stomachs, gavials are not as fierce as many alligators and crocodiles.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011, Joseph T. Springer, Dennis Holley, An Introduction to Zoology: Investigating the Animal World, page 415:",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quote"
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        "The crocodilian Gavialis gangeticus; any species of the family Gavialidae."
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          "crocodilian",
          "crocodilian"
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      "wikipedia": [
        "Gharial"
      ]
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      "ipa": "/ˈɡeɪ.vi.əl/"
    },
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    {
      "sense": "Gavialis gangeticus",
      "word": "fish-eating crocodile"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Gavialis gangeticus",
      "word": "gharial"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Gavialis gangeticus",
      "word": "Indian gharial"
    },
    {
      "sense": "any species of Gavialidae",
      "word": "gavialid"
    },
    {
      "word": "gharial"
    },
    {
      "word": "gharrial"
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    {
      "word": "ghavial"
    }
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    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "jarāl",
      "sense": "crocodilian of genus Gavialis",
      "word": "جَرَال"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "jāfiyāl",
      "sense": "crocodilian of genus Gavialis",
      "word": "جَافِيال"
    },
    {
      "code": "as",
      "lang": "Assamese",
      "roman": "ghõrial",
      "sense": "crocodilian of genus Gavialis",
      "word": "ঘঁৰিয়াল"
    },
    {
      "code": "bal",
      "lang": "Baluchi",
      "roman": "mal mac",
      "sense": "crocodilian of genus Gavialis",
      "word": "مل مچ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "ghoṛiẏal",
      "sense": "crocodilian of genus Gavialis",
      "word": "ঘড়িয়াল"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "ghōṛel",
      "sense": "crocodilian of genus Gavialis",
      "word": "ঘোড়েল"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "crocodilian of genus Gavialis",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gavial"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "crocodilian of genus Gavialis",
      "word": "恆河鱷"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "hénghé'è",
      "sense": "crocodilian of genus Gavialis",
      "word": "恒河鳄"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "crocodilian of genus Gavialis",
      "word": "食魚鱷"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shíyú'è",
      "sense": "crocodilian of genus Gavialis",
      "word": "食鱼鳄"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "crocodilian of genus Gavialis",
      "word": "印度食魚鱷"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yìndù shíyú'è",
      "sense": "crocodilian of genus Gavialis",
      "word": "印度食鱼鳄"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "crocodilian of genus Gavialis",
      "word": "印度鱷"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yìndù'è",
      "sense": "crocodilian of genus Gavialis",
      "word": "印度鳄"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "crocodilian of genus Gavialis",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "gaviaal"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "crocodilian of genus Gavialis",
      "word": "gaviaali"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "crocodilian of genus Gavialis",
      "word": "gangesingaviaali"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "crocodilian of genus Gavialis",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gavial du Gange"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "crocodilian of genus Gavialis",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gavial"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "crocodilian of genus Gavialis",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Gangesgavial"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "crocodilian of genus Gavialis",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Gharial"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "crocodilian of genus Gavialis",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Gavial"
    },
    {
      "code": "gu",
      "lang": "Gujarati",
      "roman": "ghaḍiyāl",
      "sense": "crocodilian of genus Gavialis",
      "word": "ઘડિયાલ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "ghaṛiyāl",
      "sense": "crocodilian of genus Gavialis",
      "word": "घड़ियाल"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "indogabiaru",
      "sense": "crocodilian of genus Gavialis",
      "word": "インドガビアル"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "gabiaru",
      "sense": "crocodilian of genus Gavialis",
      "word": "ガビアル"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "krɑpəə ptoung",
      "sense": "crocodilian of genus Gavialis",
      "word": "ក្រពើផ្ទោង"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "cīṅkaṇṇi",
      "sense": "crocodilian of genus Gavialis",
      "word": "ചീങ്കണ്ണി"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "mīṉmutala",
      "sense": "crocodilian of genus Gavialis",
      "word": "മീൻമുതല"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "susar",
      "sense": "crocodilian of genus Gavialis",
      "word": "सुसर"
    },
    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "crocodilian of genus Gavialis",
      "word": "táłkááʼ tsʼin bíchį́į́hnézí"
    },
    {
      "code": "ne",
      "lang": "Nepali",
      "roman": "ghaḍiyāl",
      "sense": "crocodilian of genus Gavialis",
      "word": "घडियाल"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "crocodilian of genus Gavialis",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gawial"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "crocodilian of genus Gavialis",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gavial"
    },
    {
      "code": "pa",
      "lang": "Punjabi",
      "roman": "ghaṛī'āl",
      "sense": "crocodilian of genus Gavialis",
      "word": "ਘੜੀਆਲ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "gaviál",
      "sense": "crocodilian of genus Gavialis",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "гавиа́л"
    },
    {
      "code": "sd",
      "lang": "Sindhi",
      "roman": "ghaṛiyālu",
      "sense": "crocodilian of genus Gavialis",
      "word": "گھڙيال"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "crocodilian of genus Gavialis",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gavial"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "crocodilian of genus Gavialis",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "gavial"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "kariyāl",
      "sense": "crocodilian of genus Gavialis",
      "word": "கரியால்"
    },
    {
      "code": "bo",
      "lang": "Tibetan",
      "roman": "re 'byams mchu ring",
      "sense": "crocodilian of genus Gavialis",
      "word": "རེ་འབྱམས་མཆུ་རིང་།"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "ghaṛiyāl",
      "sense": "crocodilian of genus Gavialis",
      "word": "گھڑیال"
    }
  ],
  "word": "gavial"
}

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