Word.ws English Dictionary

maligator

maligator noun: a Belgian Malinois dog.

maligator: a Belgian Malinois dog
Image: SheltieBoy, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Noun

maligator (plural maligators)

  1. (humorous, slang) a Belgian Malinois dog.

Forms of maligator

pluralmaligators

Origin of maligator

Blend of Belgian Malinois + alligator, referring to the dog breed's habit of biting.

Questions about maligator

What does maligator mean?
Maligator means a Belgian Malinois dog.
What part of speech is maligator?
Maligator is a noun.
What is the plural of maligator?
The plural of maligator is maligators.

Words near maligator in the dictionary

  1. Malidegao
  2. malidentification
  3. malidentifications
  4. malidzano
  5. maliferous
  6. maligator
  7. Maligaya
  8. malign
  9. malignable
  10. malignance
  11. malignances

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: maligator (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “maligator.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/maligator. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.