crocodile

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It's known as a marine crocodile, but it's more accurately a thalattosuchian rather than a true crocodilian.

From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026

In keeping with my longstanding policy of avoiding actions that might put me between the jaws of a crocodile, the expedition is not exactly the kind that might entice me to find my wading boots.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026

This adaptation appears repeatedly in the fossil record among fish eating animals, including aquatic ichthyosaurs, semi aquatic crocodile and flying pterosaurs.

From Science Daily • Feb. 23, 2026

“Powdered stone worked. So did lizard’s blood and crocodile dung, and pig’s teeth and dolphin’s genitalia and frog’s sperm,” as psychologist Irving Kirsch later explained it.

From Slate • Jan. 30, 2026

Some people thought that the crocodile was thinking of water; others were not sure about this.

From "The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa" by Alexander Mccall Smith