crocodiledom

English

Etymology

crocodile +‎ -dom

Noun

crocodiledom (uncountable)

  1. The state of being a crocodile, or of belonging to the world of crocodiles; crocodiles, collectively.
    • 1876, Henry Brooks, Robert James Mann, Natal; a History and Description of the Colony, page 126:
      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.

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