Alligator
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1.7
- noun
- /ˈælɪˌɡeɪtər/
- Specialized
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caimán
- An alligator was basking in the sun near the riverbank.
- alligators and crocodiles
- wrestled the alligator
- Alligator gar
Tastes like chicken alligator and it's the tail.
- Tastes like chicken alligator and it's the tail.
- Have sharks and alligators ever met?
- They once said that death is like a crocodile or an alligator, that the death is in the head.
- I said I wanted to be a ninja or alligator and obviously didn't become a ninja.
Examples
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Are there alligators?
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So far, since we've been here, we've seen Cayman alligators, massive snakes, piranhas.
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Help me get this alligator!
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Mike had given her a stuffed alligator, and she loved that too, though she had tried not to.
Fiction book (1997) -
From this day forward, it is simply a matter of who the alligator eats first.
Blog text (12) -
I did a report on alligators in middle school, respect.
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Did you know that two presidents kept alligators at the white house?
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Weigel said, "There's a difference between a crocodile and an alligator."
Fiction book (1999) -
The wildlife park has a large exhibit featuring the American alligator.
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We learned that the Chinese alligator is critically endangered in the wild.
Compounds
- Specialized
1
4.8
A small metal clip with a spring and teeth that connects wires temporarily
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4.2
A large dark reptile with a wide snout that lives in southeastern United States swamps
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7.9
A large freshwater turtle from the southeastern United States with three shell ridges and a powerful jaw
- Specialized
A small alligator that lives in China's Yangtze valley and has toes without webbing
A slender lizard with short legs and a fold of skin on each side that lets the body expand
A fast-growing water plant with long grass-like leaves that forms thick floating mats
A large freshwater turtle with three ridges on its shell found in the southeastern United States
An aquatic plant from South America with long grasslike leaves that forms thick floating mats and clogs waterways
- Specialized
A large alligator that lives in the southeastern United States
- Specialized
A tool with a V-shaped, toothed jaw for gripping and turning pipes or bolts
- Specialized
A small endangered alligator from the Yangtze valley in China with toes that are not webbed
Surface Forms
Etymology
Alligator comes from the Spanish phrase el lagarto, which means 'the lizard'. Early explorers used that name when they saw the animal because it looked like a big lizard, and the name stuck. So an alligator is the large reptile we know today.