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Definition of Alligatoridae
1. Noun. Alligators; caimans.
Exact synonyms: Family Alligatoridae
Generic synonyms: Reptile Family
Group relationships: Crocodilia, Crocodylia, Order Crocodilia, Order Crocodylia
Member holonyms: Genus Alligator, Genus Caiman
Generic synonyms: Reptile Family
Group relationships: Crocodilia, Crocodylia, Order Crocodilia, Order Crocodylia
Member holonyms: Genus Alligator, Genus Caiman
Lexicographical Neighbors of Alligatoridae
Literary usage of Alligatoridae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Geographical Distribution of Animals: With a Study of the Relations of by Alfred Russel Wallace (1876)
"In the order Crocodilia, America has the peculiar family of the
alligators (Alligatoridae), as well as several species of true crocodiles ..."
2. Text-book of Paleontology by Karl Alfred von Zittel (1902)
"Alligatoridae. Snout broad and short. Orbits larger than supratemporal vacuities,
and conterminous -with the lateral temporal fossae. ..."
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