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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A large crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) of Africa and Madagascar that preys on large vertebrates and sometimes attacks humans.
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- noun A large fierce
carnivorous semi-aquaticAfrican crocodile .
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- noun a dangerous crocodile widely distributed in Africa
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