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any of several flesh-eating crocodilians of the genus Crocodylus, having thick, horny skin, long tail, a long, narrow triangular head, large jaws, found in sluggish waters and swamps of the tropics; a crocodile.
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any of a group of large cartilaginous marine fishes, having rounded body & underside mouth, tough, spiny skin, voracious, and, which sometime attack to humans; shark.
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(myth.) one of the nine treasures of Kubera, the regent of wealth.
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a military array in which troops are arranged in the form of a corodile.
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(astrol.) the tenth sign of the zodiac; the Capricorn.
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(dance) a hand gesture, in which one palm is place on the back of another hand, with thumbs of both the hands stretched apart and other fingers stretched forward.