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Definition of gharial noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

gharial

noun
 
/ˈɡæriɑːl/,
 
/ˌɡʌriˈɑːl/
 
/ˈɡeriəl/
(also gavial)
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  1. a South Asian crocodile
    Word Originearly 19th cent.: from Hindi ghaṛiyāl. The spelling gavial (from French) is an alteration probably due to scribal error.
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