column vs crocodile

column

noun
  • A body of troops or army vehicles, usually strung out along a road. 

  • Something having similar vertical form or structure to the things mentioned above, such as a spinal column. 

  • A recurring feature in a periodical, especially an opinion piece, especially by a single author or small rotating group of authors, or on a single theme. 

  • The gynostemium 

  • A vertical line of entries in a table, usually read from top to bottom. 

  • An object used to separate the different components of a liquid or to purify chemical compounds. 

  • A body of text meant to be read line by line, especially in printed material that has multiple adjacent such on a single page. 

  • A solid upright structure designed usually to support a larger structure above it, such as a roof or horizontal beam, but sometimes for decoration. 

  • A unit of width, especially of advertisements, in a periodical, equivalent to the width of a usual column of text. 

crocodile

noun
  • A long line or procession of people (especially children) walking together. 

  • A fallacious dilemma, mythically supposed to have been first used by a crocodile. 

  • Any of the predatory amphibious reptiles of the family Crocodylidae; (loosely) a crocodilian, any species of the order Crocodilia, which also includes the alligators, caimans and gavials. 

verb
  • To speak one's native language at an Esperanto-language gathering, rather than Esperanto. 

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