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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun An alligator.

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  • noun colloquial Short form of alligator.

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  • noun either of two amphibious reptiles related to crocodiles but with shorter broader snouts

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Examples

  • Standing near the water's edge or swimming in gator infested waters is what you have to watch out for.

    Obstacle Courses 2009

  • Standing near the water's edge or swimming in gator infested waters is what you have to watch out for.

    Obstacle Courses 2009

  • A former Buffalo couple who operate a reptile sanctuary in Tampa removed the eight-foot-long gator from the Buffalo home yesterday.

    Archive 2007-06-17 Bill Crider 2007

  • The 7-foot gator is expected to undergo a physical examination next week to make sure it is healthy, and to definitively determine the beast's gender, according to the zoo's reptile expert, Ian Recchio.

    Archive 2007-05-20 Bill Crider 2007

  • This week searchers have been trying to find one such errant gator from the Chattahoochee River outside of Atlanta, Georgia.

    Archive 2007-06-01 2007

  • The person survives the attack, and the gator is hunted down and "destroyed."

    Inhumane? tsomewhereime 2007

  • The city of Los Angeles recently hired him to attempt to remove a released pet gator from a public lake, and rumors abound that he’s taken a few “meetings” with Hollywood since his celebrated visit made local and national news.

    Boing Boing: December 25, 2005 - December 31, 2005 Archives 2005

  • But if that’s not enough variety, you may soon be able to take a gator from the Lone Star State, too.

    Texas Gator Season: A new proposal would make alligators legal game on private lands Dave Hurteau 2006

  • “I was never afraid for a second,” he said of the gator, which is 20 times his size.

    5-Year-Old Shoots Potential-Record 800-Pound Gator 2009

  • “I was never afraid for a second,” he said of the gator, which is 20 times his size.

    Uncategorized Blog Posts 2009

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