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saltwater crocodile
nounDefinition of saltwater crocodile
: a large man-eating crocodile (Crocodylus porosus) of East Asia and Indonesia that reputedly attains a length of 30 feet and that is a saltwater or brackish water species common about the outlets of rivers but also encountered far from land
— called also estuarine crocodile
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