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alligator

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Population (2000): 220 Housing Units (2000): 81 Land area (2000): 0.983645 sq. miles (2.547629 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.058381 sq. miles (0.151206 sq. km) Total area (2000): 1.042026 sq. miles (2.698835 sq. km) FIPS code: 00940 Located within: Mississippi ...

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Alligator is a 1980 American horror film directed by Lewis Teague and written by John Sayles . It stars Robert Forster , Robin Riker , and Michael V. Gazzo . It also includes an appearance by actress Sue Lyon in her last screen role to date. Set in Chicago ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. leather made from alligator's hide either of two amphibious reptiles related to crocodiles but with with shorter broader snouts [syn: gator ]

Usage examples of alligator.

A small alligator had left its sunning spot on the high mud and slipped into the water.

Jesse noticed, that he was probably also far more convinced than Lars was that the alligator remains might have something to do with the case.

He was just finishing with a little boy and his turtle when Jesse arrived, bearing the alligator limb.

The alligator has made one of the most incredible comebacks in the world, mainly because of farms like this, but also in the wild.

The big alligator farms pulled people in, and then they stayed and paid good tourist dollars for airboat rides, canoe treks along the endless canals at sunset, and even camping in traditional chickees.

Strange that a fat old man who owned an alligator farm could convince any young woman to come work in the middle of a swamp.

Silverstein, one of the night patrolmen, was especially interested in the alligator limb that had been brought to the veterinarian for examination.

Besides, the alligator farms have pretty much taken the profit out of poaching.

Say that the piece of the alligator has nothing to do with the murders.

Eugene Duval, working for Eco-smart, a company that, among other facilities, ran an alligator farm.

By now everyone knew that Billy Ray had been killed by an alligator, a big one, and that it had to be hunted down and destroyed.

The alligator specimen and all the tissue and blood samples were gone?

Only experienced alligator trappers were going, and that definitely did not include her.

She knew that along with the giant alligator, she was definitely a topic of conversation between them.

Bullets at almost immediate range had barely pierced the tough hide of the alligator they had bagged two nights before.