crocodile Definition

crocodile
noun

1. A large aquatic reptile found in tropical regions of Africa, Asia, Australia and S and N America, with a bulky body, short legs, powerful jaws that narrow to form a long snout and a thick scaly skin.
2. Leather made from its skin.
3. colloq
A line of schoolchildren walking in twos.

Etymology: 13c: from Latin crocodilus, from Greek krokodeilos.