Manatee vs Alligator - What's the difference?
manatee | alligator |
Any of several plant-eating marine mammals, of family Trichechidae, found in tropical regions.
A gray colour, like that of a manatee.
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.
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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.
(of paint or other coatings) To crack in a pattern resembling an alligator's skin.
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As a noun manatee
is any of several plant-eating marine mammals, of family trichechidae, found in tropical regions.As a proper noun alligator is
.manatee
English
Noun
(en-noun)- There are no manatees in Armenia .
Synonyms
* lamantin, sea cowSee also
* (wikipedia) * dugong * mermaid * sea cow * sirenAnagrams
* English pluralsalligator
English
(wikipedia alligator)Etymology 1
.Noun
(en noun)- 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 .
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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 .
Synonyms
* (reptile within Crocodilia) gator (informal)Coordinate terms
* (reptile within Crocodilia) caiman, cayman; croc, crocodile; gavial, gharialDerived 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 alligatorVerb
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- Alligatoring is a result of the sun making the top surface of the asphalt brittle.
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- 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.
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- Common burn indicators include alligatoring , crazing, the depth of char, lines of demarcation, sagged furniture springs and spalling.
