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Alligatoridae

noun

alligators; caimans

• Syn: ↑family Alligatoridae

• Hypernyms: ↑reptile family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Crocodylia, ↑order Crocodylia, ↑Crocodilia, ↑order Crocodilia

• Member Meronyms: ↑genus Alligator, ↑genus Caiman

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\\ˌalə̇gəˈtȯrəˌdē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Alligator, type genus + -idae

in some classifications : a family of crocodilians comprising the alligators and the caimans

Useful english dictionary. 2012.