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Definition of Alligator sinensis
1. Noun. Small alligator of the Yangtze valley of China having unwebbed digits.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Alligator Sinensis
Literary usage of Alligator sinensis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Alligator and Its Allies by Albert Moore Reese (1915)
"... along the Yang-tse-Kiang Ri¥ep; it is alligator sinensis. It reaches a length
of six feet and externally resembles its American relative; it is greenish ..."
2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"... of the eastern hemisphere, but there is one species in China (Alligator
sinensis) first made known in 1879, and resembling the South American species. ..."
3. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History by American Museum of Natural History (1921)
"alligator sinensis Fauvel No skull of this species was available for study.
The following scription is quoted from Boulenger. "17 or 18 upper and 18 or 19 ..."
4. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1907)
"... states that in point of importance, from a scientific point of view, three
young Chinese alligators {alligator sinensis) undoubtedly head the list. ..."
5. Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society by Cambridge Philosophical Society (1902)
"tions of alligator sinensis and Testudo ibera, a faint clouding with A.
mississippiensis and Chelone midas. This anti-serum produced no clouding in ..."
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