alligator

alligator
noun
  1. a large semiaquatic reptile similar to a crocodile but with a broader and shorter head, native to the Americas and China
    短吻鳄，鼍
  2. Genus Alligator, family Alligatoridae, order Crocodylia: the American alligator (A. mississippiensis) and the Chinese alligator (A. sinensis)
    鼍属，鼍科，鳄目： 美洲鳄 （拉丁名 A． mississippiensis），扬子鳄 （拉丁名 A． sinensis ）
    ■[mass noun]the skin of the alligator or material resembling it
    短吻鳄皮；类鳄鱼皮材料
语源
  1. late 16th cent.: from Spanish el lagarto 'the lizard', probably based on Latin lacerta
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