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Definition of Alligators
1. alligator [n] - See also: alligator
Lexicographical Neighbors of Alligators
Literary usage of Alligators
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Polar and Tropical Worlds: A Description of Man and Nature in the Polar by Georg Hartwig (1872)
"alligators—CROCODILES—TORTOISES AND TURTLES. alligators and Crocodiles: Their
... The short-snouted, broad-headed alligators, or Caymen, belong to the New ..."
2. Harper's First [-sixth] Reader edited by Orville T. Bright, James Baldwin (1888)
"CROCODILES AND alligators. 1. Crocodiles and alligators are similar in shape and
in their modes of life, yet they are not alike in every respect. ..."
3. Harper's Fourth Reader: In Two Parts by James Baldwin (1888)
"CROCODILES AND alligators. 1. Crocodiles and alligators are similar in shape and
in their modes of life, yet they are not alike in every respect. ..."
4. Travels in North America, from Modern Writers: With Remarks and Observations by William Bingley (1821)
"In the latter case he was, not unfrequently, disturbed at night, by the plunging
and roaring of alligators, and the loud croaking of frogs; and, ..."
5. Recollections of a Service of Three Years During the War-of-extermination in by Simón Bolívar (1828)
"Author's Mode of proceeding to his Destination—Voyage on the River
Magdalena—alligators —Advantageous Stations for British Capitalists—Canals—Profitable ..."
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