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Pertaining to, or inhabiting, the Ganges; as, the Gangetic shark.
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A large flat-bottomed trading boat peculiar to the river Ganges; -- called also puteli.
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Of or pertaining to Indo-China (i. e., Farther India, or India beyond the Ganges).
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A kind of dolphin (Platanista Gangeticus) native of the river Ganges; the Gangetic dolphin. It has a long, slender, somewhat spatulate beak.
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A large Asiatic crocodilian (Gavialis Gangeticus); -- called also nako, and Gangetic crocodile.
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A genus of large percoid fishes, of which one species (Lates Niloticus) inhabits the Nile, and another (L. calcarifer) is found in the Ganges and other Indian rivers. They are valued as food fishes.
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A tract of land shaped like the letter delta (/), especially when the land is alluvial and inclosed between two or more mouths of a river; as, the delta of the Ganges, of the Nile, or of the Mississippi.
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A large and commodious, but generally cumbrous and sluggish boat, used for journeys on the Ganges.
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One who oversees a gang of workmen.
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