crocodilian

== English == === Etymology === From crocodile +‎ -ian; compare translingual Crocodilia. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌkɹɒkəˈdɪliən/ === Noun === crocodilian (plural crocodilians) Any reptile of the order Crocodilia; a crocodile, alligator, caiman or gavial. 1989, Walter P. Coombs, Jr., Modern analogs for dinosaur nesting and parental behavior, James Orville Farlow (editor), Paleobiology of the Dinosaurs, Issue 238, page 47, Mound-nesting crocodilians and megapodes appear to be indifferent to nest-site parameters, but susceptibility of crocodilian mound nests to predation or drowning may be altered by site selection. ==== Translations ==== === Adjective === crocodilian (not comparable) of, pertaining to, or resembling crocodiles == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French crocodilien. === Noun === crocodilian m (plural crocodilieni) crocodilian ==== Declension ====