crocodile
n. countablen. a large reptile with a long snout and sharp teeth, found in warm rivers and swamps.
n. a large semiaquatic reptile of the order Crocodylia, characterised by a long snout, powerful jaws, and scaly skin.
The crocodile lay still in the muddy water.
Tourists on the boat watched the crocodile float motionless near the riverbank.
The saltwater crocodile is the largest living reptile, capable of ambushing prey with explosive speed despite its seemingly sluggish appearance.
From Middle English cocodrill, cokadrill, cokedril, from Old French cocodril (modern French crocodile), from Medieval Latin cocodrillus, from Latin crocodilus, from Ancient Greek κροκόδειλος (krokódeilos). The word was later refashioned after the Latin and Greek forms. Doublet of krokodil.
Derived from the noun as a calque of Esperanto krokodili.