gavialid

plural gavialids

1. biologyAny reptile of the family Gavialidae.

   The gavialids, found in India, eat fish and have slender snouts.

   1999, Patricia L. Barnes-Svarney, Thomas E. Svarney, The Oryx Guide to Natural History: The Earth and All Its Inhabitants, page 178

   2 more examples

   Several genera of crocodiles, gavialids, and turtles evolved from Mesozoic stock.

   2007, Thomas T. Veblen, Austin Kenneth R. Young, Antony R. Orme, The Physical Geography of South America, page 39

   The second was based on trees including Gavialis as the closest relative of Tomistoma, and two dates—the basal split within Crocodylia and the crocodylid–gavialid split—were estimated.

   2009, Christopher A. Brochu, “Crocodylians (Crocodylia)”, in S. Blair Hedges, Sudhir Kumar, editors, The Timetree of Life, page 147