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Crocodylidae

noun

true crocodiles

• Syn: ↑family Crocodylidae

• Hypernyms: ↑reptile family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Crocodylia, ↑order Crocodylia, ↑Crocodilia, ↑order Crocodilia

• Member Meronyms: ↑Crocodylus, ↑genus Crocodylus, ↑Crocodilus, ↑genus Crocodilus, ↑Tomistoma, ↑genus Tomistoma

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\\-ˈdiləˌdē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Crocodylus, type genus + -idae

: a family of the order Loricata variously construed as including all recent and some fossil crocodilians or as comprising only the true crocodiles, the alligators, caimans, and gavials being excluded

Useful english dictionary. 2012.