AMERICAN ALLIGATOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does American alligator mean? 

• AMERICAN ALLIGATOR (noun)
  The noun AMERICAN ALLIGATOR has 1 sense:

1. large alligator of the southeastern United States

  Familiarity information: AMERICAN ALLIGATOR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AMERICAN ALLIGATOR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Large alligator of the southeastern United States

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Alligator mississipiensis; American alligator

Hypernyms ("American alligator" is a kind of...):

alligator; gator (either of two amphibious reptiles related to crocodiles but with shorter broader snouts)

 Context examples 

The American alligator is the most abundant large predator in aquatic ecosystems along the U.S. Southeast coastal plain.

(Alligators, rulers of the swamps, link marine and freshwater ecosystems, NSF)