yüˈsükēə noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from eu- + Greek souchos crocodile + New Latin -ia
: a suborder or other division of Loricata including the typical members of that group (as the existing gavials, alligators, and crocodiles and post-Cretaceous fossil forms) having the internal nasal opening situated far back and surrounded by the pterygoid bone
• eu·su·chi·an -ēən adjective