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crocodile

[krok-uh-dahyl] / ˈkrɒk əˌdaɪl /
NOUN
mugger
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"I was super excited because I thought it was going to be a miniature crocodile, something brand new," he said.

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

Some watched models carry crocodile handbags—revived from a 1920s design and finished with clasps featuring onyx—down the runway at Prada’s womenswear show last week.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

Some of its guests watched models carry crocodile handbags down the runway.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

"The Fitzroy River is within recognised crocodile country," it says.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

The pilot explained to me that, somewhere in that muddy expanse below us, a group of Indonesian crocodile hunters had recently come across a group of New Guinea nomads.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

A river that is home to about 500 saltwater crocodiles has been given the OK to host Olympic and Paralympic rowing and canoeing events at the 2032 Brisbane Games.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

Saltwater crocodiles - known locally as Salties - live in both freshwater and saltwater and can grow to be in excess of six metres long.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

These features indicate that Montsecosuchus already possessed an efficient respiratory system that shared certain similarities with those of modern crocodiles.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 15, 2026

Most of the country's remaining known crocodiles are now found in the Sundarbans.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026

Bones of crocodiles, bones of ancient hippos and ancestors of elephants.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston


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