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What is another word for crocodilians?

Pronunciation: [kɹˌɒkədˈɪli͡ənz] (IPA)

Crocodilians are a group of reptiles that include alligators, crocodiles, caimans, and gharials. Synonyms for the term crocodilians are crocodilids, crocodiles and alligators, and crocodylians. Other synonyms that can be used for crocodilians are crocodyliformes, which refers to the order of crocodilian reptiles, crocodonts which describes their tooth structure, and crocodylomorphs which is a broader term that includes extinct species related to modern crocodilians. Another synonym that can be used to describe the group is simply reptiles, as they were once considered to be a type of dinosaur.
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Where crocodilians or some of the short-limbed Dinosaurs have crept along there is, as we should expect, a continuous furrow between the imprints of the feet.
"Animals of the Past"
Frederic A. Lucas
The crocodilians also appear in the later Triassic, abound in the Jurassic, and give way before the later types, the true Crocodiles, in the Cretaceous.
"The Story of Evolution"
Joseph McCabe

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