Usually means: Large reptile with powerful jaws.
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  1. alligator: Merriam-Webster
  2. Alligator, alligator: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. alligator: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. alligator: Collins English Dictionary
  5. alligator: Vocabulary.com
  6. Alligator, alligator: Wordnik
  7. alligator: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. alligator: Wiktionary
  9. alligator: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. alligator: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. alligator: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. alligator: Dictionary.com
  13. alligator: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. alligator: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Alligator (Abandon Kansas album), Alligator (Leslie West album), Alligator (The National album), Alligator (disambiguation), Alligator (film), Alligator (motorcycle), Alligator (steamboat), Alligator (submarine), Alligator: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Alligator: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. alligator: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. alligator: Rhymezone
  19. Alligator (m), alligator, alligator (de), alligator (m): AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. alligator: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. Alligator: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  22. alligator: FreeDictionary.org
  23. alligator: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. alligator: TheFreeDictionary.com
  25. alligator: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  26. alligator: Merriam-Webster

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  1. alligator: Financial dictionary

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  1. alligator: Encyclopedia

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  2. alligator: Medical dictionary

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  2. alligator: Idioms
  3. alligator: Wordcraft Dictionary

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  1. alligator, alligator: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. alligator: Urban Dictionary

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noun:  Either of two species of large amphibious reptile, Alligator mississippiensis or Alligator sinensis, in the genus Alligator within order Crocodilia, which have sharp teeth and very strong jaws and are native to the Americas and China, respectively.
noun:  (paleontology) A member of the family Alligatoridae, which includes the caimans.
noun:  (Nigeria) A dwarf crocodile (Osteolaemus tetraspis)
noun:  (dated) A crocodile of any species.
noun:  Any of various machines with strong jaws, one of which opens like the movable jaw of an alligator.
noun:  (metalworking) A form of squeezer for the puddle ball.
noun:  (mining) A rock breaker.
noun:  (printing) A kind of job press.
noun:  Any of various vehicles that have relatively long, low noses in front of a cab or other, usually windowed, structure.
verb:  (intransitive, of paint or other coatings) To crack in a pattern resembling an alligator's skin.
noun:  (obsolete) One who binds or ties.

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