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- adjective Resembling or characteristic of a
crocodile .
Etymologies
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Examples
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MEXICO CITY - Scientists have found evidence that cavemen near the Arizona-Mexico border were butchering gomphotheres, an elephant-like beast with a crocodilelike snout that was believed to be nearly extinct in North America by the time humans appeared there.
azcentral.com | news 2009
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The image of the entrance to hell as the mouth of a horrifying sea monster is familiar to infernologists; the Book of Job’s crocodilelike Leviathan has lips “ringed round with fearsome fangs” and “from his mouth flames leap like sparks of fire escaping.”
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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The image of the entrance to hell as the mouth of a horrifying sea monster is familiar to infernologists; the Book of Job’s crocodilelike Leviathan has lips “ringed round with fearsome fangs” and “from his mouth flames leap like sparks of fire escaping.”
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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The image of the entrance to hell as the mouth of a horrifying sea monster is familiar to infernologists; the Book of Job’s crocodilelike Leviathan has lips “ringed round with fearsome fangs” and “from his mouth flames leap like sparks of fire escaping.”
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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The image of the entrance to hell as the mouth of a horrifying sea monster is familiar to infernologists; the Book of Job’s crocodilelike Leviathan has lips “ringed round with fearsome fangs” and “from his mouth flames leap like sparks of fire escaping.”
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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