mugger
noun
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Pronunciation: /ˈmʌɡɚ/ / /ˈmʌɡə/
adj
- comparative form of mug: more mug
noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi मगर (magar) / Urdu مَگَر (magar, “crocodile, alligator”), from Sanskrit मकर (makara, “sea monster”), ultimately from Proto-Dravidian *nek-V-ḷ- (“crocodile”) (DEDR 3732; reconstruction of Krishnamurti 2003) or Proto-Dravidian *mokaray- (“crocodile”), a verbal noun from *mok- / *moṅku- (“to eat greedily in large mouthfuls, devour, gobble”) (DEDR 5127 + 4897).
- A large crocodile, Crocodylus palustris, of southwest Asia, having a very broad wrinkled snout.