Crocodile vs. Alligator

Crocodilenoun

Any of the predatory amphibious reptiles of the family Crocodylidae; (loosely) a crocodilian, any species of the order Crocodilia, which also includes the alligators, caimans and gavials.

Crocodilenoun

A long line or procession of people (especially children) walking together.

Crocodilenoun

(logic) A fallacious dilemma, mythically supposed to have been first used by a crocodile.

Crocodileverb

(intransitive) To speak one's native language at an Esperanto-language gathering, rather than Esperanto.

Crocodilenoun

A large reptile of the genus Crocodilus, of several species. They grow to the length of sixteen or eighteen feet, and inhabit the large rivers of Africa, Asia, and America. The eggs, laid in the sand, are hatched by the sun's heat. The best known species is that of the Nile (Crocodilus vulgaris, or Crocodilus Niloticus). The Florida crocodile (Crocodilus Americanus) is much less common than the alligator and has longer jaws. The name is also sometimes applied to the species of other related genera, as the gavial and the alligator.

Crocodilenoun

A fallacious dilemma, mythically supposed to have been first used by a crocodile.

Crocodilenoun

large voracious aquatic reptile having a long snout with massive jaws and sharp teeth and a body covered with bony plates; of sluggish tropical waters

Crocodile

Crocodiles (family Crocodylidae) or true crocodiles are large semiaquatic reptiles that live throughout the tropics in Africa, Asia, the Americas and Australia. The term crocodile is sometimes used even more loosely to include all extant members of the order Crocodilia, which includes the alligators and caimans (family Alligatoridae), the gharial and false gharial (family Gavialidae), and all other living and fossil Crocodylomorpha.

Alligatornoun

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.

Alligatornoun

Any of various machines with strong jaws, one of which opens like the movable jaw of an alligator.

Alligatornoun

(metalworking) A form of squeezer for the puddle ball.

Alligatornoun

(mining) A rock breaker.

Alligatornoun

(printing) A kind of job press.

Alligatornoun

Any of various vehicles that have relatively long, low noses in front of a cab or other, usually windowed, structure.

Alligatornoun

(obsolete) One who binds or ties.

Alligatorverb

To crack in a pattern resembling an alligator's skin.

Alligatorinterjection

Used in a common chronometric counting scheme, in which each iteration is sequentially numbered and supposed to be approximately one second in length.

Alligatornoun

A large carnivorous reptile of the Crocodile family, peculiar to America. It has a shorter and broader snout than the crocodile, and the large teeth of the lower jaw shut into pits in the upper jaw, which has no marginal notches. Besides the common species of the southern United States, there are allied species in South America.

Alligatornoun

Any machine with strong jaws, one of which opens like the movable jaw of an alligator

Alligatorverb

to form shallow cracks in a reticulated pattern on the surface, or in a coating on the surface, of an object.

Alligatornoun

leather made from alligator's hide

Alligatornoun

either of two amphibious reptiles related to crocodiles but with with shorter broader snouts

Alligatorverb

of paint, varnish, or the like: to crack and acquire the appearance of alligator hide, as from weathering or improper application

Alligator

An alligator is a crocodilian in the genus Alligator of the family Alligatoridae. The two extant species are the American alligator (A. mississippiensis) and the Chinese alligator (A. sinensis).