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Noun: gavial  gey-vee-ul
  1. Large fish-eating Indian crocodilian with a long slender snout
    "The gavial's narrow snout is adapted for catching fish";
    - Gavialis gangeticus, gharial

Derived forms: gavials

Type of: crocodilian, crocodilian reptile

Part of: Gavialis, genus Gavialis

Encyclopedia: Gavial