crocodile
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
crocodile/ˈkrɒkədʌɪl/
▶noun
- 1 a large predatory semiaquatic reptile with long jaws, long tail, short legs, and a horny textured skin. [Crocodylus and other genera.]
- 2 leather made from crocodile skin, used especially to make bags and shoes.
- 3 Brit. informal a line of schoolchildren walking in pairs.
– origin ME cocodrille, cokadrill, from OFr. cocodrille, via med. L. from L. crocodilus, from Gk krokodilos ‘worm of the stones’.
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