Alligator

a. 1807, from English alligator, from early Modern English alligater, alligarta, aligarto, alegarto, alagarto, from Spanish el (“the”) + lagarto (“lizard”), from Latin lacertus (“lizard”), modern spelling possibly influenced by the unrelated Latin alligator (“one who binds”)

Alligator m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Alligatoridae – the alligators.

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Tetrapoda - superclass; Reptilia - class; Crocodylomorpha - superorder; Crocodilia - order; Eusuchia - suborder; Alligatoridae - family; Alligatorinae - subfamily

• (genus): Alligator mississippiensis - type species; Alligator sinensis - other extant species; †Alligator luicus - selected extinct species; for others see Alligator at Paleology Database

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From Spanish el lagarto (“the lizard”), from Latin lacertus (“lizard”).

• IPA^(key): /ˌaliˈɡaːtoːɐ̯/

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• Hyphenation: Al‧li‧ga‧tor

Alligator m (mixed, genitive Alligators, plural Alligatoren)

1. alligator (animal)

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