Etymology

fish-eating crocodile

Today it means: Synonym of gharial Full definition →

Bengali মেছো কুমির
Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

The story

  1. Bengali · calque ofমেছো কুমির
  2. English todayfish-eating crocodile

Calque of Bengali মেছো কুমির (mechō kumir).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.