gavial
Meaning of gavial
noun
variant spelling of gharial.
from French, the -v- probably being substituted for -r- by scribal error.
noun
a large fish-eating crocodile with a long, narrow snout that widens at the nostrils, native to the Indian subcontinent.
early 19th century: from Hindi ghaṛiyāl . The spelling gavial (from French) is an alteration probably due to scribal error.
Information about gavial
- It is a name.
- The plural form of gavial is: gavials.
- Languages in which gavial is used:
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gavial
- It consists of 1 syllables and 6 chars.
- gavial is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
Words that rhyme with gavial
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