saltie
Estuarine apex predator
A saltie is a saltwater crocodile, the largest living reptile, found in coastal regions from India through Southeast Asia to northern Australia.
The term is mainly Australian: We spotted a massive saltie sunning on the riverbank.
Salties are notoriously aggressive and dangerous to humans.
The word distinguishes them from freshwater crocodiles (freshies).
Of river mouths
- predatorOrganism that consumes others
- snoutBeast's protruding face
- jawsMouth's bony framework
- ambushSurprise strike from concealment
man-eater · attack · territorial · riverine · bask · nest · hatchling · scales
Remote interior wilderness
- DarwinBritish naturalist, species theorist
- Northern TerritoryAustralian federal territory
- billabongIsolated river pool
- QueenslandAustralia's northeastern state
Kimberley · tropics · wet season · Dundee · warning signs · creek · waterhole · station
Tidal mixing zone
- mangroveTidal shrub with exposed roots
- tidalOf sea rhythms
- brackishMildly salty water
- deltaSymbol denoting variation
coastal · swamp · lagoon · wetlands · river mouth · mudflat · floodplain · waterway
Causing or capable of death
- attackAggressive act against another
- warningAlert about danger
- hazardSource of potential harm
- riskPossibility of harm
unpredictable · aggressive · territorial · ambush · stealth · powerful · fatality · survivor
estuarine
Of river mouths
ambush · man-eater · attack · territorial · riverine · bask · nest · hatchling · scales · teeth
outback
Remote interior wilderness
- DarwinBritish naturalist, species theorist
- Northern TerritoryAustralian federal territory
- billabongIsolated river pool
Queensland · Kimberley · tropics · wet season · Dundee · warning signs · creek · waterhole · station · muster
estuary
Tidal mixing zone
delta · coastal · swamp · lagoon · wetlands · river mouth · mudflat · floodplain · waterway · tributary
lethal
Causing or capable of death
risk · unpredictable · aggressive · territorial · ambush · stealth · powerful · fatality · survivor · encounter
- salt waterH2O with sodium chloride
- table saltCommon food seasoning
- salt and pepperTwo basic table seasonings
- sea saltOcean-sourced sodium chloride
- grain of saltSkepticism about claims
- old saltExperienced maritime veteran
salt, salty, salted, saltwater, salts, unsalted, salting, saltiness, saltish