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Meaning of gavial | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
ˈɡeɪ.vi.əl

Definitions

Reptile crocodilien de la famille des gavialidés au museau mince et allongé qui vit en Inde.

Equivalents

Ελληνικά γαβιάλης
Français gavial
Português gavial

Examples

“Cuvier had begun studying the fossils of crocodiles found near Caen and Honfleur in France. (They were, in fact, gavials, fine-jawed crocodiles that are nowadays found in India).”
“Although human remains and jewelry have been found in their stomachs, gavials are not as fierce as many alligators and crocodiles.”
“Gavials (or gharials) are found only on the northern Indian subcontinent, where most are riverine, being best adapted to calmer areas in deep fast-flowing rivers.”

CEFR level

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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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