Ga"ver*ick (?), n. (Zoˆl.) The European red gurnard (Trigla cuculus).
[Prov. Eng.]
||Ga"viÊ (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. L. gavia a sea mew.] (Zoˆl.) The
||division of birds which includes the gulls and terns.
Ga"vi*al (g"v*al), n. [Hind. ghaiyl: cf. F. gavial.] (Zoˆl.) A large
Asiatic crocodilian (Gavialis Gangeticus); -- called also nako, and
Gangetic crocodile.
The gavial has a long, slender muzzle, teeth of nearly uniform size,
and feet completely webbed. It inhabits the Ganges and other rivers of
India. The name is also applied to several allied fossil species.
Gav"ot (? or ?; 277), n. [F. gavotte, fr. Gavots, a people inhabiting a
mountainous district in France, called Gap.] (Mus.) A kind of difficult
dance; a dance tune, the air of which has two brisk and lively, yet
dignified, strains in common time, each played twice over. [Written
also gavotte.]