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Look up: Alligator

  1. Alligator
    Alligators are large reptiles. Primitive alligators evolved during the late Triassic period.
    Found on http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subject

  2. Alligator
    An alligator is a crocodilian reptile. It differs from the true crocodile by having a shorter and flatter head, much less webbed feet, and cavities in the upper jaw into which the long canine teeth of the lower jaw fit.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/nol.php

  3. Alligator
    Alligator is a town in Bolivar County Mississippi, USA.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/nol.php

  4. Alligator
    Alligator is Black-American slang for 'a term used to refer to white jazz musicians, jive people, or'
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/nol.php

  5. Alligator
    A large aquatic reptile that grows up to 19 feet in length. The meat is generally only available in its native regions--Louisiana and the Gulf States. Alligators feature meat ranging from white to dark--mild to strongly flavored.
    Found on http://www.nutribase.com/fishmeat.shtml

  6. alligator
    [n] - leather made from alligator`s hide 2. [n] - either of two amphibious reptiles with shorter broader snouts than crocodiles 3. [v] - of paint, varnish, or the like: to crack and acquire the appearance of alligator hide, as from weathering or improper application
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  7. Alligator
    Series of 4x4 armoured vehicles [SLV], Tracked amphibious vehicle [US], 4x4 amphibious transport [DE], 4x4 amphibious ferry [DE;UK]
    Found on http://www.jedsite.info/index.html

  8. alligator
    lever shears Category: General • a machine for shearing metal scrap with strong jaws(as a crocodile squeezer or rock-breaker),one of which opens like the movable jaw of an alligator Category: Iron and steel industries
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  9. Alligator
    Al'li·ga`tor noun [ Spanish el lagarto the lizard ( el lagarto de Indias , the cayman or American crocodile), from Latin lacertus , lacerta , lizard. See Lizard .] 1. (Zoology) A large carnivorous reptile of the Crocodile family, peculiar to America. It has a shorter and broader snout than the crocodile, and the large teeth of the lower jaw shut into ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/A/58

  10. alligator
    1. <zoology> A large carnivorous reptile of the Crocodile family, peculiar to America. It has a shorter and broader snout than the crocodile, and the large teeth of the lower jaw shut into pits in the upper jaw, which has no marginal notches. Besides the common species of the southern United States, there are allied species in South America.< ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  11. alligator
    gator noun either of two amphibious reptiles related to crocodiles but with shorter broader snouts
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  12. alligator
    noun leather made from alligator`s hide
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  13. alligator
    verb crack and acquire the appearance of alligator hide, as from weathering or improper application; of paint and varnishes
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  14. Alligator
    An alligator is a crocodilian in the genus `Alligator` of the family Alligatoridae. The name `alligator` is an anglicized form of the Spanish `el lagarto` (`the lizard`), the name by which early Spanish explorers and settlers in Florida called the alligator. There are two living alligator species: the American Alligator (`Alligator mississippiensis`) and the Chinese Alligator (`Alligator sinensis`).
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alligator

  15. Alligator
    • (n.) a kind of job press, called also alligator press. • (n.) Any machine with strong jaws, one of which opens like the movable jaw of an alligator • (n.) A large carnivorous reptile of the Crocodile family, peculiar to America. It has a shorter and broader snout than the crocodile, and the large teeth of the lower jaw shut into pi...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  16. Alligator
    (from the article `Canadian literature`) ...the province`s dynamic first premier. In River Thieves (2001), Michael Crummey describes the extinction of the Beothuk, an indigenous people of ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/a/49

  17. alligator
    either of two crocodilians related to the tropical American caimans (family Alligatoridae). Alligators, like other crocodilians, are large animals ... [6 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/a/49

  18. alligator
    alligator, large aquatic reptile of the genus Alligator, in the same order as the crocodile. There are two species—a large type found in the S United States and a small type found in E China. Alligators differ from crocodiles in several ways. They have broader, blunter snouts, which give their...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A08034


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24 November 2009

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