alligatorid
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English[edit]
Noun[edit]
alligatorid (plural alligatorids)
- (zoology) Any reptile of the family Alligatoridae; a caiman or alligator.
- 1956, Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia, volume 31, page 554:
- This species is large compared with known Eocene alligatorids, although its character states present a mosaic of resemblances to earlier and later alligatorids.
- 1989, International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, Crocodiles: Their Ecology, Management, and Conservation[1], page 24:
- Although most alligatorids have ventral osteoderms, the American alligator usually has only poorly developed single osteoderms in the pectoral and midventral regions, if at all (Fig. 6C and D).
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any reptile of the family Alligatoridae
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