alligators
Broad-snouted crocodilians
Alligators is the plural of alligator, a large reptile with a broad snout found in freshwater habitats of the southeastern United States and China.
Distinguished from crocodiles by their wider, U-shaped snouts.
The swamp was full of alligators.
Alligator also names the leather made from their hides: alligator boots, alligator handbag.
Order of large reptiles
- scalesPlates or weighing devices
- cold-bloodedUnfeeling or externally heated
- swampWaterlogged land with vegetation
- snoutBeast's protruding face
tail · jaws · teeth · nest · hatchling · bayou · marsh · wetland
Organism that consumes others
- ambushSurprise strike from concealment
- attackAggressive act against another
- bitePierce with teeth
- death rollCrocodile's twisting attack
territorial · lurking · warning · encounter · pets · livestock · nuisance · removal
crocodilian
Order of large reptiles
- scalesPlates or weighing devices
- cold-bloodedUnfeeling or externally heated
- swampWaterlogged land with vegetation
snout · tail · jaws · teeth · nest · hatchling · bayou · marsh · wetland · basking
predator
Organism that consumes others
death roll · territorial · lurking · warning · encounter · pets · livestock · nuisance · removal · coexistence
gator
Reptile, clipped name
- mascotGroup's symbolic figure
- FloridaSoutheastern American peninsula state
- LouisianaGulf Coast pelican state
Cajun · wrestling · farm · tourism · airboat · zoo · sanctuary · Everglades · swamp tour · roadside attraction
leather
Tanned animal skin
meat · sausage · jerky · fried · exotic · harvest · sustainable · tanning · luxury · fashion
- Zooszoo exhibits, zoo train, zoo tours, zookeeper, animal exhibits
- zoologymammals, reptiles, amphibians, birds, insects
- Crocodilianscrocodile, crocodiles, caimans, crocodilians, Nile crocodile
- swamp thingsmarsh, bog, duckweed, fen, cattails
- swampsbayou, bayous, bald cypress, cypress swamps, cypress trees
- Florida WetlandsEverglades, cypress swamps, cypress swamp, mangroves, sloughs
alligatorsfish
Gilled aquatic vertebrate
turtles · deer · waterfowl · wading birds · small mammals
- see you later alligator
- alligator clipsSpring-loaded wire connectors
- alligator skinTanned reptile hide
- alligators in sewersUrban myth about discarded pets
- alligator leatherTanned reptile hide
- alligator clampsToothed metal wire connectors