alligator
noun /ˈælɪɡeɪtə(r)/
/ˈælɪɡeɪtər/
- a large reptile similar to a crocodile, with a long tail, hard skin and very big jaws, that lives in rivers and lakes in North and South America and China
Topics Animalsc1钝吻鳄 Collocations DictionaryAlligator is used before these nouns:- clip
词源late 16th cent.: from Spanish el lagarto ‘the lizard’, probably based on Latin lacerta.