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ghata
Sanskrit · ancient
"an earthenware pot"
meant 'pot, jar'
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ghariyal
Hindi · medieval
"the long-snouted crocodile with a pot-shaped nose knob"
named the crocodile whose male snout bears a pot-shaped growth
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gharial
English · 1815-25
"a long, thin-snouted fish-eating crocodile native to the Indian subcontinent"
entered English via French naturalist writing on the Indian crocodilian
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