different between cayman vs gavial

English

Noun

cayman (plural caymans)

1. Alternative spelling of caiman
   • 1862, The Quiver, Volumes 1-6, page 451,

     We were about to follow this advice, when another man, more rash than his comrades, said, 'I'm not afraid of caymans,' and spurred his horse into the stream.

Anagrams

• NCYAMA

English

Wikispecies

Alternative forms

• gharial

Etymology

From Hindi ??????? (gha?iy?l).

Noun

gavial (plural gavials)

1. The crocodilian Gavialis gangeticus; any species of the family Gavialidae.
   • 2002, Pierre-Henri Gouyon, Jean-Pierre Henry, Jacques Arnould, Tiiu Ojasoo (translator), Gene Avatars: The Neo-Darwinian Theory of Evolution, [1997, Les avatars du gène: La théorie néodarwinienne de l'évolution], page 28,

     Cuvier had begun studying the fossils of crocodiles found near Caen and Honfleur in France. (They were, in fact, gavials, fine-jawed crocodiles that are nowadays found in India).

   • 2006, Lynn Huggins-Cooper, Ravenous Reptiles, page 19,

     Although human remains and jewelry have been found in their stomachs, gavials are not as fierce as many alligators and crocodiles.

   • 2011, Joseph T. Springer, Dennis Holley, An Introduction to Zoology: Investigating the Animal World, page 415,

     Gavials (or gharials) are found only on the northern Indian subcontinent, where most are riverine, being best adapted to calmer areas in deep fast-flowing rivers.

Usage notes

Technically, extending the definition to family Gavialidae results in including just one other extant species: the false gavial (Tomistoma schlegelii). However, the subfamily Tomistominae is often (perhaps usually) excluded from Gavialidae.

Synonyms

• (Gavialis gangeticus): fish-eating crocodile, gharial, Indian gharial
• (any species of Gavialidae): gavialid

Derived terms

• false gavial (Tomistoma schlegelii)

Related terms

• gavialid

Translations

See also

• caiman
• Gavialis

French

Noun

gavial m (plural gaviaux)

1. gavial

Romanian

Etymology

From French gavial, from Hindi ??????? (gha?iy?l, “alligator, crocodile”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?avi?al/
• Hyphenation: ga?vi?al

Noun

gavial m (plural gaviali)

1. gavial

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

From French gavial, from Hindi ??????? (gha?iy?l, “alligator, crocodile”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a?bjal/, [?a???jal]
• Rhymes: -al

Noun

gavial m (plural gaviales)

1. gavial, gharial