gavialid

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A gavialid
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gavialid (plural gavialids)

  1. (zoology) Any reptile of the family Gavialidae.
    • 1999, Patricia L. Barnes-Svarney, Thomas E. Svarney, The Oryx Guide to Natural History: The Earth and All Its Inhabitants, page 178:
      The gavialids, found in India, eat fish and have slender snouts.
    • 2007, Thomas T. Veblen, Austin Kenneth R. Young, Antony R. Orme, The Physical Geography of South America, page 39:
      Several genera of crocodiles, gavialids, and turtles evolved from Mesozoic stock.
    • 2009, Christopher A. Brochu, “Crocodylians (Crocodylia)”, in S. Blair Hedges, Sudhir Kumar, editors, The Timetree of Life, page 147:
      The second was based on trees including Gavialis as the closest relative of Tomistoma, and two dates—the basal split within Crocodylia and the crocodylid–gavialid split—were estimated.

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