crocodile

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim Any of the predatory amphibious reptiles of the family Crocodylidae; (loosely) a crocodilian, any species of the order Crocodilia, which also includes the alligators, caimans and gavials.

   “The Roman poet Horace states that the excrement of the crocodile has aphrodisiac virtues.”

2. isim A long line or procession of people (especially children) walking together.

   “Sometimes the kids from the slap-up boys' schools in Eastbourne used to be led round in crocodiles to hand out fags and peppermint creams to the 'wounded Tommies', as they called us.”

3. isim A fallacious dilemma, mythically supposed to have been first used by a crocodile.

   “We have seen syllogisms, crocodiles, enthymemas, sorites, &c. explained and tried upon a boy of nine or ten years old in playful conversation[…]”

4. isim greedy or corrupt person (especially a politician or any public official)
5. fiil To speak another language than Esperanto at an Esperanto-language gathering.