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• Rick decided to try the alligator burger, but Beth unadventurously ordered a salad.From the entry unadventurously
• For quotations using this term, see Citations:up to one's neck in alligators.From the entry up to one's neck in alligators
• Can we please just focus on the closest alligator to the boat right now?From the entry closest alligator to the boat
• In a significant way, crocodiles and alligators are similar.From the entry way
• The previously limpid water was now muddy as a result of the struggle between the alligator and the wild boar.From the entry muddy
• What differentiates an alligator from a crocodile?From the entry differentiate
• The hatchling alligator had just broken out of its shell but was already trying to follow its mother, who hunted hatchling birds.From the entry hatchling
• For quotations using this term, see Citations:when you're up to your neck in alligators, it's hard to remember that your initial objective was to drain the swamp.From the entry when you're up to your neck in alligators, it's hard to remember that your initial objective was to drain the swamp
• She was a black market alligator dealer with a pierced jawbone.2016 October 6, “Category 55 Emergency Doomsday Crisis”, in The Good Place, season 1, episode 5, spoken by Jason Mendoza (Manny Jacinto). From the entry oh, dip
• I wasn’t in the mood for something crawfishy or filled with alligator meat early in the morning.2015, Mick Carlon, Girl Singer, Fredonia, N.Y.: Leapfrog Press, →ISBN, page 66. From the entry crawfishy
• The gharial breathes air into its lungs, like caimans, alligators, and crocodiles.2010, Steve Parker, Crocodiles, page 18. From the entry gharial
• Caimans are reptiles that are closely related to their Central and South American neighbors, the alligators.1995, Laurie Agopian, Extended Thematic Unit: Rain Forest, page 32. From the entry caiman
• Mostly they is crocodilly but some be alligator that favor the crocodilly.1977 January, Bernard Nietschmann, quoting Seymore Robinson, “A Naturalist at Large: The Nicaraguan Skin Connection”, in Natural History…. From the entry crocodilly
• Oranges, cocoanuts and alligator pears lay in neat piles on little tables.1952, Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man, Penguin Books (2014), page 460. From the entry cocoanut
• He pretended that an alligator was behind him and swam desperately.1938, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, chapter 11, in The Yearling. From the entry dog paddle
• She passed a pond where a congregation of alligators and a wisdom of wombats engaged in a heated argument over economics.2017, Peggy A. Wheeler, The Splendid and Extraordinary Life of Beautimus Potamus. From the entry wisdom
• He—the man, not the alligator—looked like a wrongo.2015, David Dodge, The Last Match. From the entry wrongo
• Although human remains and jewelry have been found in their stomachs, gavials are not as fierce as many alligators and crocodiles.2006, Lynn Huggins-Cooper, Ravenous Reptiles, page 19. From the entry gavial
• Alligator skin?”' Nussbaum does a Richard Pryor accent.2004, David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas, London: Sceptre (Hodder and Stoughton), →ISBN. From the entry wassis
• Traditional restoration of an original paint scheme would have involved stripping all of the alligatored and deteriorated exterior paint.1998, Valérie Dorge, F. Carey Howlett, Painted wood: history and conservation. From the entry alligatored
• Stories about alligators in the sewers have been of particular interest, however, to Forteans (followers of Charles Fort).1996, Loren Coleman, “Alligators in the Sewers”, in Gillian Bennett, Paul Smith, editors, Contemporary Legend: A Reader (New Perspectives…. From the entry fortean
• "Seeya later, alligator." "Okay." "No," Eddie said patiently.1987, Stephen King, It: 2, page 231. From the entry seeya
• As a guide to start your collection we'd suggest either iguanas, tejus, swifts, basilisks, horned toads or alligator lizards.1965 March, Boys' Life, page 52. From the entry basilisk
• From the top stair, See you later, alligator.1955, Judson Jerome, Nolan Miller, New Campus Writings. From the entry see you later, alligator
• Fairly reeks of ague and alligators and things.1912, Acton Davies, Charles Frederic Nirdlinger, chapter 15, in The First Lady in the Land. From the entry all one's life's worth
• Ricks defied the allegation, but he couldn't deny the alligators.1904, O. Henry, The Gentle Grafter. From the entry feetwear
• We called all our alligators Seth.2011, Karen Russell, Swaplandia!, page 6. From the entry fangsome
• Powerheads ("bangsticks") can also be used to kill alligators, but should only be used with the barrel under water and according to manufacturer recommendations.1994, Scott E. Hygnstrom, Robert M. Timm, Gary E. Larson, editors, Prevention and Control of Wildlife Damage: A Handbook for People Who…. From the entry bangstick
• There was a tree just behind which bore alligator pears, and all about were the cocoa-nuts which gave the land its revenue.1919, W[illiam] Somerset Maugham, “chapter 52”, in The Moon and Sixpence, [New York, N.Y.]: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers […], →OCLC. From the entry alligator pear
• They kept pretty much to themselves, a difficult thing to do on a boat designed for overall togetherness extending to monkeys, marmosets, parrots and a four-foot alligator.2015, David Dodge, The Last Match. From the entry wrongo
• I was singing the song about the letters of the alphabet and about alligators and balloons from the Maurice Sendak book that Carole King put to music.2011, Isabel Gillies, A Year and Six Seconds: A Love Story, New York, N.Y.: Hyperion Books, →ISBN. From the entry schlep
• Although most alligatorids have ventral osteoderms, the American alligator usually has only poorly developed single osteoderms in the pectoral and midventral regions, if at all (Fig. 6C and D).1989, International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, Crocodiles: Their Ecology, Management, and Conservation, page 24. From the entry alligatorid
• In the U.S., Akers would like to see all hermit crabs legally reclassified as exotic pets, like an alligator or an ocelot, so their sale and ownership could be regulated.2025 August 19, Melissa Scott Sinclair, “Consider the Hermit Crab”, in Slate. From the entry hermit crab

Meaning of alligator

1. noun Either of two species of large amphibious reptile, Alligator mississippiensis or Alligator sinensis, in the genus Alligator within order Crocodilia, which have sharp teeth and very strong jaws and are native to the Americas and China, respectively.
2. noun A crocodilian of the subfamily Alligatorinae.
3. noun A dwarf crocodile (Osteolaemus tetraspis).

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How do you use alligator in a sentence?

Alligator is used as a noun, verb and interjection. For example: “All you could see of the alligator were two eyes above the water, then suddenly it snatched up and caught the poor bird with strong jaws full of sharp teeth.”

What is a short sentence with alligator?

“One-alligator, two-alligator, three-alligator.”

What does alligator mean?

Alligator means either of two species of large amphibious reptile, Alligator mississippiensis or Alligator sinensis, in the genus Alligator within order Crocodilia, which have sharp teeth and very strong jaws and are native to the Americas and China, respectively.