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