crocodiledom

noun

crocodiledom

noun

Etymology From crocodile + -dom.

1

The state of being a crocodile, or of belonging to the world of crocodiles; crocodiles, collectively.

  • To the north his limit is not known, and most probably he has a continuous range, quite to the classic ground of crocodiledom, the waters of the Nile.1876, Henry Brooks, Robert James Mann, Natal; a History and Description of the Colony, page 126:
Related terms
reptiledom

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