Alligator
Definition of Alligator
Al´li`ga`tor
n.
1.
(Zool.)
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
.
2.
(Mech.)
Any
machine
with
strong
jaws
,
one
of
which
opens
like
the
movable
jaw
of
an
alligator
Alligator apple
(Bot.)
the
fruit
of
the
Anona
palustris
,
a
West
Indian
tree
.
It
is
said
to
be
narcotic
in
its
properties
.
Alligator fish
(Zool.)
a
marine
fish
of
northwestern
America
(
Podothecus
acipenserinus
).
- Loudon.
Alligator gar
(Zool.)
one
of
the
gar
pikes
(
Lepidosteus
spatula
)
found
in
the
southern
rivers
of
the
United
States
.
The
name
is
also
applied
to
other
species
of
gar
pikes
.
Alligator pear
(Bot.)
a
corruption
of
Avocado
pear
.
See
Avocado
.
Alligator snapper
(Zool.)
a
very
large
and
voracious
turtle
(
Macrochelys
lacertina
)
inhabiting
the
rivers
of
the
southern
United
States
.
It
sometimes
reaches
the
weight
of
two
hundred
pounds
.
Unlike
the
common
snapping
turtle
,
to
which
the
name
is
sometimes
erroneously
applied
,
it
has
a
scaly
head
and
many
small
scales
beneath
the
tail
.
This
name
is
sometimes
given
to
other
turtles
,
as
to
species
of
Trionyx
.
Alligator wood
the
timber
of
a
tree
of
the
West
Indies
(
Guarea
Swartzii
).
v. i. & t.
1.
to
form
shallow
cracks
in
a
reticulated
pattern
on
the
surface
,
or
in
a
coating
on
the
surface
,
of
an
object
.
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