Sci-Five | The Hindu Science Quiz: On Gharials
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From which Hindi word do we get the name for Gharial?
- Ghara (pot)
- Ghati (valley)
- Ghora (horse)
- Ghari (clock)
When male gharials reach sexual maturity, they develop a bulbous, fleshy growth on the tip of their snout. It is from this “ghara”, the Hindi word for a type of round pot, that gharials came to have their name.
