transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈkrä-kə-ˌdī(-ə)l ]
noun
Etymology: Middle English & Latin; Middle English cocodrille, from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin cocodrillus, alteration of Latin crocodilus, from Greek krokodilos lizard, crocodile, from krokē shingle, pebble + drilos worm; akin to Sanskrit śarkara pebble
Date: 1555
1.
a. : any of several large carnivorous thick-skinned long-bodied aquatic reptiles (family Crocodylidae) of tropical and subtropical waters ; broadly : crocodilian
b. : the skin or hide of a crocodile
2. chiefly British : a line of people (as schoolchildren) usually walking in pairs
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crocodile 1a
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