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Definition of American alligator
1. Noun. Large alligator of the southeastern United States.
Lexicographical Neighbors of American Alligator
Literary usage of American alligator
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. College zoology by Robert William Hegner (1918)
"There are two species of the genus Alligator; the american alligator, ...
The american alligator has a broad, blunt snout, and is stouter, less active, ..."
2. Popular Official Guide to the New York Zoological Park by New York Zoological Park, William Temple Hornaday, New York Zoological Society (1911)
"The Alligator genus embraces the american alligator, (A. mississippiensis), ...
The american alligator is well represented in the Pool in the Reptile House, ..."
3. Elementary Zoology by Vernon Lyman Kellogg (1901)
"... crocodile (Crocodilus americanus), living in the West Indies and South America
and occasionally found in Florida, and the american alligator (Alligator ..."
4. The BBC Natural History Unit's Wildlife Specials by David Attenborough, Keith Scholey, B.B.C.Natural History Unit (1999)
"The american alligator lives in the southern region of the United States and is
one of ... In addition to the penetrating bellow of the american alligator, ..."
5. The Animals and Man: An Elementary Textbook of Zoology and Human Physiology by Vernon Lyman Kellogg, Mary Isabel McCracken (1911)
"... and occasionally found in Florida; and the american alligator, common in the
morasses and stagnant pools of the Southern States. ..."
6. A Journal of Natural Philosophy, Chemistry and the Arts by William Nicholson (1805)
"... american alligator. By BENJAMIN SMITH BARTON, MD *. JT has not, I think, been
remarked by the generality of the writers on natural ..."
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