gavial's Usage Examples:

In the beds of the Lower Oolite portions of the skull of a reptile resembling the gavial of the Ganges had been previously discovered, from which a new genus called Steneosaurus has been founded.

Alligators are found in most of the rivers, and the gavial is less frequently met with.

the flying fox; the python, the cobra, and many other varieties of snake, including the hamadryad; the alligator, the otter and the gavial, as well as countless kinds of squirrel, rat, 'c., are found throughout the jungles of the peninsula in great numbers.

C. cataphractus is the common crocodile of West Africa, easily recognised by the slender snout which resembles that of the gavial, but the mandibular symphysis does not reach beyond the eighth tooth.

Synonyms:

crocodilian reptile, Gavialis gangeticus, Gavialis, genus Gavialis, crocodilian,

Antonyms:

anapsid,