CROCODILE
NOUNS
1450 ► COCKATRICE a crocodile → obs.
1667 ► RIVER-DRAGON a crocodile → obs.
1884 ► CROC a crocodile → sl.
20C.. ► FLAT DOG a crocodile → Aust.
1930 ► SCALY a crocodile → Aust. sl.
1943 ► BUTTONER a crocodile → Aust. sl., chiefly juvenile usage
1951 ► SALTIE a salt-water crocodile → Aust. sl.
1964 ► FRESHIE → FRESHY a freshwater crocodile → Aust. sl.
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