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Alligator vs Alligatorid - What's the difference?

alligator | alligatorid |

As nouns the difference between alligator and alligatorid

is that alligator is either of two species of large amphibious reptile, , in the genus alligator within order crocodilia, which have sharp teeth and very strong jaws and are native to the americas and china or alligator can be (obsolete) one who binds or ties while alligatorid is (zoology) any reptile of the family alligatoridae ; a caiman or alligator.

As a verb alligator

is (of paint or other coatings) to crack in a pattern resembling an alligator's skin.

alligator

English

(wikipedia alligator)

Etymology 1

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Noun

(en noun)
  • Either of two species of large amphibious reptile, , in the genus Alligator within order Crocodilia, which have sharp teeth and very strong jaws and are native to the Americas and China.
    • All you could see of the alligator were its two eyes above the water, and suddenly it snatched up and caught the poor bird with its strong jaws full of sharp teeth .
  • * 2002 , Maurice Burton, Robert Burton, International Wildlife Encyclopedia , page 38,
    • Alligators and crocodiles look extremely alike.
    The main distinguishing feature is the teeth. In a crocodile the teeth in its upper and lower jaws are in line, but in an alligator , when its mouth is shut, the upper teeth lie outside the lower ones.
  • * 2007 , Bernie McGovern (editor), Florida Almanac: 2007-2008 , 17th Edition, page 243,
    • In 1967, the federal government declared alligators' to be an Endangered Species and prohibited gator hunting and the sale of hides. The ' alligator responded and by the mid-1970s, the reptile numbers soared to an estimated half-million.
  • * 2012 , Thomas N. Tozer, Pierre's Journey to Florida: Diary of a Young Huguenot in the Sixteenth Century , unnumbered page,
    • They ran to the village screaming at the top of their lungs that an alligator' was coming after them. Several of the men in Alimacani retrieved from a storehouse the tool they used to catch ' alligators .
  • Any of various machines with strong jaws, one of which opens like the movable jaw of an alligator.
  • # (metalworking) A form of squeezer for the puddle ball.
  • # (mining) A rock breaker.
  • # (printing) A kind of job press.
    • Synonyms
    * (reptile within Crocodilia) gator (informal)
    Coordinate terms
    * (reptile within Crocodilia) caiman, cayman; croc, crocodile; gavial, gharial
    Derived terms
    * (Alligator Alley) * alligator apple * alligator bait * alligator clip * alligatored * alligator fish * alligator forceps * alligator gar * alligator grass * alligatoring * alligator leather * alligator lizard * alligator pear * (Alligator Pond) * alligator press * alligator shear * alligator skin * alligator snapper, alligator snapping turtle * alligator spread * alligator terrapin * alligator tortoise * alligator turtle, alligator-turtle * alligator weed * alligator wood * alligator wrench * American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis ) * Chinese alligator (Alligator sinensis ) * gator * prairie alligator * see you later alligator * spectacled alligator

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (of paint or other coatings) To crack in a pattern resembling an alligator's skin.
  • * 2003 , Carson Dunlop & Associates, Essentials of Home Inspection: Roofing , page 24,
    • Alligatoring is a result of the sun making the top surface of the asphalt brittle.
  • * 2004 , James E. Piper, Handbook of Facility Assessment , page 39,
    • Sealing an area that is alligatoring' is a temporary solution that may delay having to replace the asphalt for several years. A more permanent repair would be to replace the ' alligatored section.
  • * 2009 , Kären M. Hess, Christine M. H. Orthmann, Criminal Investigation , page 483,
    • Common burn indicators include alligatoring , crazing, the depth of char, lines of demarcation, sagged furniture springs and spalling.

    References

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    Etymology 2

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    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) One who binds or ties.
    • See also
    * ligator ----

    alligatorid

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (zoology) Any reptile of the family Alligatoridae ; a caiman or alligator.
  • * 1956 , Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia , Volume 31, page 554,
    • This species is large compared with known Eocene alligatorids', although its character states present a mosaic of resemblances to earlier and later ' alligatorids .
  • * 1989 , , Crocodiles: Their Ecology, Management, and Conservation , page 24,
    • Although most alligatorids have ventral osteoderms, the American alligator usually has only poorly developed single osteoderms in the pectoral and midventral regions, if at all (Fig. 6C and D).
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    • Hyponyms

    * (species of Alligatoridae) alligator, caiman