alligator
noun/ˈælɪɡeɪtə(r)/
/ˈælɪɡeɪtər/
- a large reptile similar to a crocodile, with a long tail, hard skin and very big jaws, that lives in rivers and lakes in North and South America and ChinaTopics Animalsc1Oxford Collocations DictionaryAlligator is used before these nouns:
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Word Originlate 16th cent.: from Spanish el lagarto ‘the lizard’, probably based on Latin lacerta.
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