💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Crocodyloidea"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| alligatoroidea | one of three superfamilies of crocodylians, the other two being Crocodyloidea and Gavialoidea. |
| gavialoidea | one of three superfamilies of crocodylians, the other two being Alligatoroidea and Crocodyloidea. |
| alligatoroidnoun | Any crocodilian of the superfamily Alligatoroidea, which includes a number of extinct genera as well as the family Alligatoridae (alligators and caimans). |
| crocodylomorpha | a group of pseudosuchian archosaurs that includes the crocodilians and their extinct relatives. |
| alligatoridae | The family Alligatoridae of crocodylians includes alligators, caimans and their extinct relatives. |
| crocodilia | Crocodylia is an order of semiaquatic, predatory reptiles known as crocodilians. |
| crocodyliformes | a clade of crurotarsan archosaurs, the group often traditionally referred to as "crocodilians". |
| alligatorinae | a subfamily within the family Alligatoridae that contains the alligators and their closest extinct relatives, and is the sister taxon to Caimaninae (the caimans). |
| crocodylinae | a subfamily of true crocodiles within the family Crocodylidae, and is the sister taxon to Osteolaeminae (dwarf crocodiles and slender-snouted crocodiles). |
| crocodilenoun | Any of the predatory amphibious reptiles of the family Crocodylidae; (loosely) a crocodilian, any species of the order Crocodilia, which also includes the alligators, caimans and gavials. |
| longirostres | a clade of crocodilians that includes the crocodiles and the gavialids, to the exclusion of the alligatoroids. |
| neosuchia | a clade within Mesoeucrocodylia that includes all modern extant crocodilians and their closest fossil relatives. |
| pseudosuchia | (from , "false" and , "crocodile") one of two major divisions of Archosauria, including living crocodilians and all archosaurs more closely related to crocodilians than to birds. |
| osteolaeminae | a subfamily of true crocodiles within the family Crocodylidae containing the dwarf crocodiles and slender-snouted crocodiles, and is the sister taxon to Crocodylinae. |
| goniopholididae | an extinct family of moderate-sized semi-aquatic neosuchian crocodyliformes. |
| gavialis | a genus of crocodylians that includes the living gharial Gavialis gangeticus and one known extinct species, Gavialis bengawanicus. |
| gavialinae | a subfamily of large semiaquatic crocodilian reptiles, resembling crocodiles, but with much thinner snouts. |
| globidonta | a clade of alligatoroids that includes alligators, caimans, and closely related extinct forms. |
| alligatornoun | Either of two species of large amphibious reptile, Alligator mississippiensis or Alligator sinensis, in the genus Alligator within order Crocodilia, which have sharp teeth and very strong jaws and are native to the Americas and China, respectively. |
| reptilenoun | (informal) Any member of the class Reptilia that is not a bird— a cold-blooded vertebrate with dry scales that usually lays eggs, such as a lizard, snake, turtle, tortoise, crocodile, alligator, etc. |
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