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alligator
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Alligator is the third studio album by American indie rock band The National , released on April 12, 2005 on Beggars Banquet . Recorded and produced by Peter Katis and Paul Mahajan, the album brought The National critical acclaim and increased their fanbase ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1560s, lagarto (modern form attested from 1620s, with excrescent -r as in tater , feller , etc.), a corruption of Spanish el lagarto (de Indias) "the lizard (of the Indies)," from Latin lacertus (see lizard ). Alligarter was an early variant. The slang ...
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.