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crocodile

[krok-uh-dahyl] / ˈkrɒk əˌdaɪl /
NOUN
mugger
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The national water agency said it was alerted to a crocodile sighting in Pandan Reservoir on 20 August.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

Police allege that Ye Lin created the photo of the crocodile using artificial intelligence before sending it to a colleague.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

Some of its guests watched models carry crocodile handbags down the runway.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

Some watched models carry crocodile handbags—revived from a 1920s design and finished with clasps featuring onyx—down the runway at Prada’s womenswear show last week.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

He knew how to tell an alligator from a crocodile.

From "The Bad Beginning" by Lemony Snicket

Paleontologists have not found fossils of lizards, turtles, crocodiles, or other reptiles from Cretaceous Alaska, Chiarenza said.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026

Brisbane 2032 President Andrew Liveris played down the issue of crocodiles last year.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

Saltwater crocodiles - known locally as Salties - live in both freshwater and saltwater and can grow to be in excess of six metres long.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

These features indicate that Montsecosuchus already possessed an efficient respiratory system that shared certain similarities with those of modern crocodiles.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 15, 2026

Sometimes they took the shapes of humans, and sometimes of snakes or fish or, if they were bent on evil, crocodiles.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer




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