Crossword-Solution: CROCODILIA
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Crocodilia | n. pl. | An order of reptiles including the crocodiles, gavials, alligators, and many extinct kinds. |
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| caiman | 6 answers |
| Crocodile ___ | 20 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
The superficial contents of any figure; the surface included
within any given lines; superficial extent; as, the area of a square or
a triangle.
Hint 2 anagram
AEAR
Hint 3 another clue
CERTAIN BRAIN SIZE
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Sentences with CROCODILIA (5)
Even among the _Reptilia_—the class which exhibits the largest proportion of entirely extinct forms of any one type,—that of the _Crocodilia_, has persisted from at least the commencement of the mesozoic epoch up to the present time with so much constancy, that the amount of change which it exhibits may fairly, in relation to the time which has elapsed, be called insignificant.
Again, the more ancient Crocodilia and Lacertilia have vertebrae with the articular facets of their centra flattened or biconcave, while the modern members of the same group have them procoelous.
Crocodiles are the highest reptiles as men are the highest mammals, but we find nothing intermediate between CROCODILIA and LACERTILIA in the whole range of the Mesozoic rocks.
Even among the 'Reptilia'--the class which exhibits the largest proportion of entirely extinct forms of any one type,--that of the 'Crocodilia', has persisted from at least the commencement of the Mesozoic epoch up to the present time with so much constancy, that the amount of change which it exhibits may fairly, in relation to the time which has elapsed, be called insignificant.
Again, the more ancient Crocodilia and Lacertilia have vertebræ with the articular facets of their centra flattened or biconcave, while the modern members of the same group have them procoelous.