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PRONUNCIATION OF GAVIALOID

gavialoid  [ˈɡeɪvɪəˌlɔɪd] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GAVIALOID

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Gavialoid is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES GAVIALOID MEAN IN ENGLISH?

gavialoid

Gavialoidea

Gavialoidea is one of three superfamilies of crocodylians, the other two being Alligatoroidea and Crocodyloidea. Although many extinct species are known, only the gharial Gavialis gangeticus and the false gharial Tomistoma schlegelii are alive today.

Definition of gavialoid in the English dictionary

The definition of gavialoid in the dictionary is of or resembling gavials.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH GAVIALOID


alkaloid
ˈælkəˌlɔɪd
amygdaloid
əˈmɪɡdəˌlɔɪd
amyloid
ˈæmɪˌlɔɪd
Australoid
ˈɒstrəˌlɔɪd
celluloid
ˈsɛljʊˌlɔɪd
crystalloid
ˈkrɪstəˌlɔɪd
encephaloid
enˈsefəˌlɔɪd
homaloid
ˈhɒməˌlɔɪd
hyaloid
ˈhaɪəˌlɔɪd
hyperboloid
haɪˈpɜːbəˌlɔɪd
metalloid
ˈmɛtəˌlɔɪd
mongoloid
ˈmɒŋɡəˌlɔɪd
myeloid
ˈmaɪɪˌlɔɪd
omphaloid
ˈɒmfəˌlɔɪd
paraboloid
pəˈræbəˌlɔɪd
petaloid
ˈpɛtəˌlɔɪd
scopeloid
ˈskɒpəˌlɔɪd
sepaloid
ˈsiːpəˌlɔɪd
sialoid
ˈsaɪəˌlɔɪd
varioloid
ˈvɛərɪəˌlɔɪd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GAVIALOID

gauziness
gauzy
gavage
Gavaskar
gave
gavel
gavelkind
gavelman
gavelock
gavial
gavot
gavotte
Gawd
gawk
gawker
gawkier
gawkiest
gawkihood
gawkily
gawkiness

WORDS THAT END LIKE GAVIALOID

aneuploid
bungaloid
colloid
cycloid
diploid
haloid
haploid
hexaploid
hydrocephaloid
hydrocolloid
keloid
loid
neanderthaloid
polyploid
squaloid
styloid
tabloid
tetraploid
triploid
vinca alkaloid

Synonyms and antonyms of gavialoid in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «gavialoid» into 25 languages

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Translator English - Chinese

gavialoid
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

gavialoid
570 millions of speakers

English

gavialoid
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

gavialoid
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

gavialoid
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

gavialoid
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

gavialoid
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

gavialoid
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

gavialoid
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Gavialoid
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

gavialoid
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

gavialoid
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

gavialoid
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Gavialoid
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

gavialoid
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

gavialoid
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

गव्हियलॉइड
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

gavialoid
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

gavialoid
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

gawiala
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

gavialoid
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

gavialoid
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

gavialoid
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

gavialoid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

gavialoid
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

gavialoid
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of gavialoid

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The term «gavialoid» is used very little and occupies the 180.245 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GAVIALOID»

Discover the use of gavialoid in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to gavialoid and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Amazonia, Landscape and Species Evolution: A Look into the Past
A vicariant background to explain gavialoid distribution should therefore be considered. The apparent absence of gavialoids in South America and the Caribbean before Oligocene times appears to rule out a Gondwana-drift vicariant model to ...
Carina Hoorn, Frank Wesselingh, 2011
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Urumaco and Venezuelan Paleontology: The Fossil Record of ...
Remains from the Urumaco Formation, included in the crocodyl- oid genus Thecachampsa (Aguilera 2004), are in fact gavialoid specimens. As expressed by Piras et al. (2007, 322–23), “T. antiqua is represented only by isolated teeth and for ...
Marcelo R. Sánchez-Villagra, Orangel A. Aguilera, Alfredo A. Carlini, 2010
3
Mysterious Creatures: A Guide to Cryptozoology
Other crocodilians of comparable size included the caiman Purussaurus and the gavialoid Rhamphosuchus, both fossils from the Miocene, 15 million years ago. Sources: John Reinhardt Werner, A Visit to Stanley's Rear-Guard at Major ...
George M. Eberhart, 2002
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Acta palaeontologica Polonica
With the exception of F erganosuchus, all the remains on which these taxa and identifications have been based, are rather fragmentary and therefore poorly diagnostic (Jouve 2004 even suggested that Ferganosuchus might be a gavialoid) ...
‎2007
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Catalogue of shield reptiles in the collection of the ...
Gavialoid Crocodiles. 7. Mecistops. Africa. I. The nape with a rhombic disk formed of six plates, which is well separated from the dorsal sliield. Nor- mal Crocodiles. A. Nuchal scutella none. Dorsal scales in four or six longitudinal series ; the ...
British Museum (Natural History) Dept. of zoology, John Edward Gray, 1855
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VII: Synopsis of Species of Recent Crocodilians Or ...
Face broad, nasal bone produced into the nostrils. Alligatoroid Crocodiles. 6. HALCROSIA. Africa. ** Face very long, slender, nasal bones not reaching the nostrils. Gavialoid Crocodiles. ' 7. MECISTOPS. Africa. 1. The nape with a rhombic dish ...
John Edward Gray, 1862
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Catalogue of Shield Reptiles in the Collection of the ...
Gavialoid Crocodiles. 7. Meclstops. Africa. I. The nape with a rhombic disk formed of sis: plates, which is well separated from the dorsal shield. Normal Crocodiles. A. Nuchal scutella none. Dorsal scales in four or six longitudinal series ; the ...
John Edward Gray, 1872
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Transactions of the Zoological Society of London
Gavialoid Crocodiles. 7. MEcisroPs. Africa. 1. The nape with a rhombic dish formed of sir plates, which is well separated from. the dorsal shield. Normal Crocodiles. A. Nuchal scutella none. Dorsal scales in four or sia: longitudinal series; the ...
‎1869
9
WORD JUDGE USA
... GAVELING GAVELKIND GAVELKINDS GAVELLED GAVELLING GAVELOCK GAVELOCKS GAVELS GAVIAL GAVIALOID GAVIALS GAVOT GAVOTS GAVOTTE GAVOTTED GAVOTTES GAVOTTING GAWK GAWKED GAWKER GAWKERS ...
Maliha Mendoza Mahmood, 2013
10
Dinosaurs and Other Reptiles from the Mesozoic of Mexico
A new Late Cretaceous gavialoid crocodylian from eastern North America and the phylogenetic relationships of Thoracosaurs. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 24:610–633. Brochu, C. A. 2011. Phylogenetic relationships of Necrosuchus ...
Héctor E. Rivera-Sylva, Kenneth Carpenter, Eberhard Frey, 2014

2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GAVIALOID»

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Peru's Prehistoric Croc Hotspot
... iquitosensis, (3) Caiman wannlangstoni, (4) Purussaurus neivensis, (5) Mourasuchus atopus, (6) Paleosuchus, and (7) gavialoid. «National Geographic, Mar 15»
2
100 articles at Tet Zoo ver 3
Work in progress: just some of crocodylomorph diversity. Top to bottom: stomatosuchid, metriorhynchid, gavialoid, susisuchid. Bottom row, l to r: ... «Scientific American, Jul 12»

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