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n.
A large reptile of the genus Crocodilus, of several species. They grow to the length of sixteen or eighteen feet, and inhabit the large rivers of Africa, Asia, and America. The eggs, laid in the sand, are hatched by the sun's heat. The best known species is that of the Nile (C. vulgaris, or C. Niloticus). The Florida crocodile (C. Americanus) is much less common than the alligator and has longer jaws. The name is also sometimes applied to the species of other related genera, as the gavial and the alligator.
a.
Ornamented with crockets.
a.
Like, or pertaining to, the crocodile; characteristic of the crocodile.
n.
A fallacious dilemma, mythically supposed to have been first used by a crocodile.
n.
Any piece of crockery, especially of coarse earthenware; an earthen pot or pitcher.
n.
One of the Crocodilia.
imp. & p. p.
of Crock
a.
Of, pertaining to, or resembling saffron; having the color of saffron; as, croconic acid.
n.
A red powder (called also polychroite), which is made from the saffron (Crocus sativus). See Polychroite.
n. pl.
An order of reptiles including the crocodiles, gavials, alligators, and many extinct kinds.
v. t.
To lay up in a crock; as, to crock butter.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Crock
a.
Pertaining to, or derived from, croconic acid.
n.
Same as Crocoite.
v. i.
To give off crock or smut.
n.
A deep yellow powder; the oxide of some metal calcined to a red or deep yellow color; esp., the oxide of iron (Crocus of Mars or colcothar) thus produced from salts of iron, and used as a polishing powder.
v. t. & i.
To knit with a crochet needle or hook; as, to crochet a shawl.
n.
A salt formed by the union of croconic acid with a base.
n.
Ornamentation with crockets.
n.
A croche, or knob, on the top of a stag's antler.
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