Crocodile Emoji

Animals

A green crocodile shown in profile, facing left with its mouth wide open, displaying sharp teeth and a jagged, scaly back. The design emphasizes the reptile's predatory appearance and prehistoric features.

Usage Context

Used to represent swamp life, dangerous animals, or an aggressive personality. It is frequently sent as a joke about someone being 'snappy' or to reference Florida wildlife. People often pair it with the 🐍 or 🦎 emojis when discussing reptiles in general.

History

Added to the Unicode standard in 2010 as part of the massive expansion to include more diverse animal icons. The design draws from early clip art styles that were popularized in 1990s desktop publishing software to provide simple, recognizable illustrations for biology-themed documents.

Details

Glyph

🐊

Unicode

U+1F40A

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f40a:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDC0A;

Specifications

Vendor Twitter/X

Category Animals

Subcategory animal-reptile

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License CC-BY 4.0

Twemoji Attribution

Emoji graphics by Twitter/X, licensed under CC-BY 4.0

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