Meanings of gavial in English

The fierce gavial genus is Asian, and abounds in the rivers of India.

Thanks to conservation efforts there has been some recovery of the gavial population.

Like other crocodiles, the gavial has often been accused of being a man-eater.

All at once the disengaged arm made a long clutch forward and grasped the upper jaw of the gavial.

The gavial is found in Asia-particularly in the Ganges and other Indian rivers, and is the crocodile of those parts.

This snout, which is lined with razor-sharp teeth, is perfectly suited for catching and eating fish, the gavial's principal food.

The huge reptile which threatened Helen's safety was twenty feet in length, but the gavial sometimes attains the extraordinary dimensions of eight to nine yards.

Gavials are highly endangered, and came close to extinction in the 1970s.

Gavials can also become caught in fishing nets, resulting in their death.

The family to which the alligators, crocodiles, and gavials belong, is called by naturalists CROCODILO.

Some had yellow eyes, some had ears like arrows, some had noses like gavials, O Bharata!

I say that is wisdom; but, on the other hand, my cousin, the Gavial, lives among his people.

My village was being builded for the third time, as I remember, when my cousin, the Gavial, brought me word of rich waters above Benares.