- gharial
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[gharial 词源字典] - "A large fish-eating crocodile with a long, narrow snout that widens at the nostrils, native to the Indian subcontinent", Early 19th century: from Hindi ghaṛiyāl. The spelling gavial (from French) is an alteration probably due to scribal error.[gharial etymology, gharial origin, 英语词源]