## Meanings
1. A large reptile with a long body, powerful jaws, and sharp teeth that lives in and near rivers in hot countries.
2. A long line of people, especially schoolchildren, walking two by two.

## Examples
- A huge crocodile lay still on the riverbank in the sun.
- The class walked to the museum in a neat crocodile.

## Derived Forms
- crocodiledom
- crocodilelike
- crocodility
- crocoduck
- werecrocodile

## Related Forms
- crocodilian

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: cocodrill
- Root: cocodril
- Root: cocodrillus
- Root: crocodilus
- Root: κροκόδειλος

## Etymology
From Middle English cocodrill, cokadrill, cokedril, from Old French cocodril (modern French crocodile), from Medieval Latin cocodrillus, from Latin crocodilus, from Ancient Greek κροκόδειλος (krokódeilos). The word was later refashioned after the Latin and Greek forms. Doublet of krokodil.

## AI Etymology
crocodile comes from Middle English cocodrill, cokadrill, cokedril, from Old French cocodril (modern French crocodile), from Medieval Latin cocodrillus, from Latin crocodilus, from Ancient Greek κροκόδειλος (krokódeilos). The word was later refashioned after the Latin and Greek forms. Doublet of krokodil. The historical chain includes Middle English cocodrill, Old French cocodril, la-med cocodrillus, Latin crocodilus, Ancient Greek κροκόδειλος. Current senses include A large reptile with a long body, powerful jaws, and sharp teeth that lives in and near rivers in hot countries and A long line of people, especially schoolchildren, walking two by two. English relatives and later formations include crocodiledom, crocodilelike, crocodility, crocodilian.

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