Word Meanings - CROCODILIAN - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Like, or pertaining to, the crocodile; characteristic of the crocodile. -- n.

CHARACTERISTIC
Pertaining to, or serving to constitute, the character; showing the character, or distinctive qualities or traits, of a person or thing; peculiar; distinctive. Characteristic clearness of temper. Macaulay.
PERTAIN
stretch out, reach, pertain; per + tenere to hold, keep. See Per-, 1. To belong; to have connection with, or dependence on, something, as an appurtenance, attribute, etc.; to appertain; as, saltness pertains to the ocean; flowers pertain to plant
CHARACTERISTICALLY
In a characteristic manner; in a way that characterizes.
CROCODILE
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
CHARACTERISTICAL
Characteristic.
APPERTAIN
To belong or pertain, whether by right, nature, appointment, or custom; to relate. Things appertaining to this life. Hooker. Give it unto him to whom it appertaineth. Lev. vi. 5. (more info) appartenir, fr. L. appertinere; ad + pertinere to reach