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An alligator, Alligator mississippiensis.
See also Alligator

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[edit] Etymology 1

Latin alligator

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Singular
alligator

Plural
alligators

alligator (plural alligators)

  1. (obsolete) One who binds or ties.

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Spanish el lagarto, the lizard

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Singular
alligator

Plural
alligators

alligator (plural alligators)

  1. A large amphibious reptile with sharp teeth and very strong jaws related to the crocodile and native to the Americas and China. Informal short form: gator
    All you could see of the alligator were its two eyes above the water, and suddenly it snatched up and caught the poor bird with its strong jaws full of sharp teeth.

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[edit] Danish

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alligator c. (singular definite alligatoren, plural indefinite alligatorer)

  1. alligator

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[edit] Dutch

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alligator m (plural alligators)

  1. alligator

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alligator m. (plural alligators)

  1. alligator (animal)

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alligātor (genitive alligatōris); m, third declension

  1. one who ties or binds, alligator (obsolete)

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Number Singular Plural
nominative alligātor alligatōrēs
genitive alligatōris alligatōrum
dative alligatōrī alligatōribus
accusative alligatōrem alligatōrēs
ablative alligatōre alligatōribus
vocative alligātor alligatōrēs

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alligator c (pl. alligatorer, def. sing. alligatorn, def. pl. alligatorerna)

  1. alligator (animal)
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