Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun nile_crocodile

1 sense of nile crocodile

Sense 1
African crocodile, Nile crocodile, Crocodylus niloticus -- (a dangerous crocodile widely distributed in Africa)
       => crocodile -- (large voracious aquatic reptile having a long snout with massive jaws and sharp teeth and a body covered with bony plates; of sluggish tropical waters)