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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Â© The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology 1996, originally published by Oxford University Press 1996. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

gharial see GAVIAL.

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	From PVP to Gavial.(Digest) Magazine article from: Armada International; 6/1/2007; 627 words ; ...could eventually run up to 2000 units The Gavial, for its part, is still competing for...the German requirement. The four-seat Gavial thus has five doors (instead of three...control, NBC detection and ambulance. Two Gavial (pictured) prototypes are currently...
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