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GATOR
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Dictionary entry overview: What does gator mean?
• GATOR (noun)
The noun GATOR has 1 sense:
1. either of two amphibious reptiles related to crocodiles but with shorter broader snouts
Familiarity information: GATOR used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Either of two amphibious reptiles related to crocodiles but with shorter broader snouts
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
alligator; gator
Hypernyms ("gator" is a kind of...):
crocodilian; crocodilian reptile (extant archosaurian reptile)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "gator"):
Alligator mississipiensis; American alligator (large alligator of the southeastern United States)
Alligator sinensis; Chinese alligator (small alligator of the Yangtze valley of China having unwebbed digits)
Holonyms ("gator" is a member of...):
genus Alligator (type genus of the Alligatoridae)
Context examples
Other factors also contribute to 'gator patterns of movement, such as temperature and precipitation, which are linked with their need to balance salt intake.
(Alligators, rulers of the swamps, link marine and freshwater ecosystems, NSF)
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