Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The genus of crocodiles of which the gavial, Gavialis gangeticus, is the type.
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- noun type genus of the Gavialidae
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Examples
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The trees were "volunteers '' sprouting up on Alliance (GCA) will undertake the second phase of survey of select stretches of Gandak river in Bihar to obtain an accurate estimate of the number of ghariyals (gavialis gangeticus) in the river.
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The trees were "volunteers '' sprouting up on Alliance (GCA) will undertake the second phase of survey of select stretches of Gandak river in Bihar to obtain an accurate estimate of the number of ghariyals (gavialis gangeticus) in the river.
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