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"word": "Alligator Alley"
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"taxonomic": "Annona glabra",
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"taxonomic": "Thalia spp.",
"word": "alligator flag"
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"word": "alligator forceps"
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"taxonomic": "Atractosteus spatula",
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"word": "alligatoring"
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"taxonomic": "Juniperus deppeana",
"word": "alligator juniper"
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"word": "alligator leather"
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"word": "alligatorlike"
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"alt": "and Coloptychon",
"taxonomic": "Elgaria spp.",
"word": "alligator lizard"
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"word": "alligator pear"
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"taxonomic": "Aframomum daniellii",
"word": "alligator pepper"
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"word": "Alligator Pond"
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"word": "alligator press"
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"word": "alligator shear"
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"word": "alligator skin"
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"word": "alligator snapper"
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"taxonomic": "Macrochelys temminckii",
"word": "alligator snapping turtle"
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"word": "alligator spread"
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"word": "alligator terrapin"
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"word": "alligator tortoise"
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"word": "alligator turtle"
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"taxonomic": "Macrochelys temminckii",
"word": "alligator-turtle"
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"taxonomic": "Alternanthera philoxeroides",
"word": "alligator weed"
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"word": "alligator-wood"
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"taxonomic": "Liquidambar styraciflua",
"word": "alligatorwood"
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"word": "alligator wrench"
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"taxonomic": "Alligator mississippiensis",
"word": "American alligator"
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"word": "big-lipped alligator moment"
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"taxonomic": "Alligator sinensis",
"word": "Chinese alligator"
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"word": "gator"
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"taxonomic": "Anisomorpha ferruginea",
"word": "prairie alligator"
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"word": "you later alligator"
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"alt": "spectacled caiman (Caiman crocodilus)",
"word": "spectacled alligator"
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"word": "werealligator"
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"4": "the lizard"
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"4": "one who binds"
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"pos": "noun",
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"_dis1": "57 13 11 4 5 3 3 3",
"sense": "reptile within Crocodilia",
"word": "caiman"
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{
"_dis1": "57 13 11 4 5 3 3 3",
"sense": "reptile within Crocodilia",
"word": "cayman"
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"sense": "reptile within Crocodilia",
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"sense": "reptile within Crocodilia",
"word": "crocodile"
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"sense": "reptile within Crocodilia",
"word": "gavial"
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"sense": "reptile within Crocodilia",
"word": "gharial"
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"text": "All you could see of the alligator were two eyes above the water, then suddenly it snatched up and caught the poor bird with strong jaws full of sharp teeth."
},
{
"ref": "2002, Maurice Burton, Robert Burton, International Wildlife Encyclopedia, page 38",
"text": "Alligators and crocodiles look extremely alike.\nThe main distinguishing feature is the teeth. In a crocodile the teeth in its upper and lower jaws are in line, but in an alligator, when its mouth is shut, the upper teeth lie outside the lower ones.",
"type": "quotation"
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{
"ref": "2007, Bernie McGovern, editor, Florida Almanac: 2007-2008, 17th edition, page 243",
"text": "In 1967, the federal government declared alligators to be an Endangered Species and prohibited gator hunting and the sale of hides. The alligator responded and by the mid-1970s, the reptile numbers soared to an estimated half-million.",
"type": "quotation"
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{
"ref": "2012, Thomas N. Tozer, Pierre's Journey to Florida: Diary of a Young Huguenot in the Sixteenth Century, unnumbered page",
"text": "They ran to the village screaming at the top of their lungs that an alligator was coming after them. Several of the men in Alimacani retrieved from a storehouse the tool they used to catch alligators.",
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"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."
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],
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"tags": [
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"word": "gator"
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"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "large amphibious reptile of genus Alligator",
"word": "alligator"
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"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "large amphibious reptile of genus Alligator",
"tags": [
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"word": "aligator"
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"code": "apu",
"lang": "Apurinã",
"sense": "large amphibious reptile of genus Alligator",
"word": "kayokuru"
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "qāṭūr",
"sense": "large amphibious reptile of genus Alligator",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "قَاطُور"
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "timsāḥ ʔamrīkiyy",
"sense": "large amphibious reptile of genus Alligator",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "تِمْسَاح أَمْرِيكِيّ"
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "timsāḥ istiwāʔiyy",
"sense": "large amphibious reptile of genus Alligator",
"tags": [
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"word": "تِمْسَاح اِسْتِوَائِيّ"
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "timsāḥ",
"sense": "large amphibious reptile of genus Alligator",
"tags": [
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"word": "تِمْسَاح"
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"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "aligator",
"sense": "large amphibious reptile of genus Alligator",
"word": "ալիգատոր"
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"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "large amphibious reptile of genus Alligator",
"word": "alligator"
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"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "large amphibious reptile of genus Alligator",
"word": "timsah"
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"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "large amphibious reptile of genus Alligator",
"word": "aligatore"
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"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "alihátar",
"sense": "large amphibious reptile of genus Alligator",
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"word": "аліга́тар"
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"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "nokro",
"sense": "large amphibious reptile of genus Alligator",
"word": "নক্র"
},
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "aligátor",
"sense": "large amphibious reptile of genus Alligator",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "алига́тор"
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"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "mi.kyaung:",
"sense": "large amphibious reptile of genus Alligator",
"word": "မိကျောင်း"
},
{
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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "large amphibious reptile of genus Alligator",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "al·ligàtor"
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"lang": "Cebuano",
"sense": "large amphibious reptile of genus Alligator",
"word": "alligator"
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"code": "ccc",
"lang": "Chamicuro",
"sense": "large amphibious reptile of genus Alligator",
"word": "kashyuna"
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"lang": "Cherokee",
"roman": "tsulasgi",
"sense": "large amphibious reptile of genus Alligator",
"word": "ᏧᎳᏍᎩ"
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"code": "nan-hbl",
"lang": "Chinese",
"sense": "large amphibious reptile of genus Alligator",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "覓仔"
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"lang": "Chinese",
"roman": "ba̍h-á",
"sense": "large amphibious reptile of genus Alligator",
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
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"word": "觅仔"
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "large amphibious reptile of genus Alligator",
"word": "美洲鱷"
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "Měizhōu è",
"sense": "large amphibious reptile of genus Alligator",
"word": "美洲鳄"
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "large amphibious reptile of genus Alligator",
"word": "短吻鱷"
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "duǎnwěn'è",
"sense": "large amphibious reptile of genus Alligator",
"word": "短吻鳄"
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"code": "kw",
"lang": "Cornish",
"sense": "large amphibious reptile of genus Alligator",
"tags": [
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"word": "aligator"
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"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "large amphibious reptile of genus Alligator",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "aligátor"
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"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "large amphibious reptile of genus Alligator",
"tags": [
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"word": "alligator"
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"sense": "large amphibious reptile of genus Alligator",
"tags": [
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"word": "alligator"
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"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "large amphibious reptile of genus Alligator",
"word": "aligatoro"
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"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "large amphibious reptile of genus Alligator",
"word": "alligaator"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "large amphibious reptile of genus Alligator",
"word": "alligaattori"
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "large amphibious reptile of genus Alligator",
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "large amphibious reptile of genus Alligator",
"tags": [
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"masculine"
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"word": "caïman"
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{
"_dis1": "67 11 7 5 5 1 1 3",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "aligaṭori",
"sense": "large amphibious reptile of genus Alligator",
"word": "ალიგატორი"
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"_dis1": "67 11 7 5 5 1 1 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "large amphibious reptile of genus Alligator",
"tags": [
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"word": "Alligator"
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{
"_dis1": "67 11 7 5 5 1 1 3",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "aligátoras",
"sense": "large amphibious reptile of genus Alligator",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "αλιγάτορας"
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"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "aligator",
"sense": "large amphibious reptile of genus Alligator",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "אָלִיגָטוֹר"
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{
"_dis1": "67 11 7 5 5 1 1 3",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "magarmacch",
"sense": "large amphibious reptile of genus Alligator",
"word": "मगरमच्छ"
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{
"_dis1": "67 11 7 5 5 1 1 3",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "ghaṛiyāl",
"sense": "large amphibious reptile of genus Alligator",
"word": "घड़ियाल"
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{
"_dis1": "67 11 7 5 5 1 1 3",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "magar",
"sense": "large amphibious reptile of genus Alligator",
"word": "मगर"
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{
"_dis1": "67 11 7 5 5 1 1 3",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "large amphibious reptile of genus Alligator",
"word": "aligátor"
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{
"_dis1": "67 11 7 5 5 1 1 3",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "large amphibious reptile of genus Alligator",
"word": "krókódíll"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 11 7 5 5 1 1 3",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "large amphibious reptile of genus Alligator",
"word": "alligator"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 11 7 5 5 1 1 3",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "large amphibious reptile of genus Alligator",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ailigéadar"
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{
"_dis1": "67 11 7 5 5 1 1 3",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "large amphibious reptile of genus Alligator",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "alligatore"
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{
"_dis1": "67 11 7 5 5 1 1 3",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "wani",
"sense": "large amphibious reptile of genus Alligator",
"word": "わに"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 11 7 5 5 1 1 3",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "wani",
"sense": "large amphibious reptile of genus Alligator",
"word": "ワニ"
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{
"_dis1": "67 11 7 5 5 1 1 3",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "arigētā",
"sense": "large amphibious reptile of genus Alligator",
"word": "アリゲーター"
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{
"_dis1": "67 11 7 5 5 1 1 3",
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "alligator",
"sense": "large amphibious reptile of genus Alligator",
"word": "аллигатор"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 11 7 5 5 1 1 3",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "krɑpəə",
"sense": "large amphibious reptile of genus Alligator",
"word": "ក្រពើ"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 11 7 5 5 1 1 3",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "krɑpie",
"sense": "large amphibious reptile of genus Alligator",
"word": "ក្រពា"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 11 7 5 5 1 1 3",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "ageo",
"sense": "large amphibious reptile of genus Alligator",
"word": "악어"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 11 7 5 5 1 1 3",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "aelligeiteo",
"sense": "large amphibious reptile of genus Alligator",
"word": "앨리게이터"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 11 7 5 5 1 1 3",
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "alligator",
"sense": "large amphibious reptile of genus Alligator",
"word": "аллигатор"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 11 7 5 5 1 1 3",
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "khǣ",
"sense": "large amphibious reptile of genus Alligator",
"word": "ແຂ້"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 11 7 5 5 1 1 3",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "large amphibious reptile of genus Alligator",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "alligator"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 11 7 5 5 1 1 3",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "large amphibious reptile of genus Alligator",
"tags": [
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"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "large amphibious reptile of genus Alligator",
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"roman": "alihátar",
"sense": "large amphibious reptile of genus Alligator",
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],
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"code": "bn",
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"sense": "large amphibious reptile of genus Alligator",
"word": "নক্র"
},
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "aligátor",
"sense": "large amphibious reptile of genus Alligator",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "алига́тор"
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"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "mi.kyaung:",
"sense": "large amphibious reptile of genus Alligator",
"word": "မိကျောင်း"
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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "large amphibious reptile of genus Alligator",
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"masculine"
],
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"code": "ceb",
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"code": "ccc",
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"code": "chr",
"lang": "Cherokee",
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"sense": "large amphibious reptile of genus Alligator",
"word": "ᏧᎳᏍᎩ"
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"code": "nan-hbl",
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"sense": "large amphibious reptile of genus Alligator",
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],
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"code": "nan-hbl",
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"sense": "large amphibious reptile of genus Alligator",
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"Hokkien"
],
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "Měizhōu è",
"sense": "large amphibious reptile of genus Alligator",
"word": "美洲鳄"
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{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "large amphibious reptile of genus Alligator",
"word": "短吻鱷"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "duǎnwěn'è",
"sense": "large amphibious reptile of genus Alligator",
"word": "短吻鳄"
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"code": "kw",
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"sense": "large amphibious reptile of genus Alligator",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "large amphibious reptile of genus Alligator",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "aligátor"
},
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"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "large amphibious reptile of genus Alligator",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "large amphibious reptile of genus Alligator",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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"code": "eo",
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"sense": "large amphibious reptile of genus Alligator",
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"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "large amphibious reptile of genus Alligator",
"word": "alligaator"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "large amphibious reptile of genus Alligator",
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "large amphibious reptile of genus Alligator",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
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"tags": [
"Louisiana",
"masculine"
],
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"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
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"sense": "large amphibious reptile of genus Alligator",
"word": "ალიგატორი"
},
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "large amphibious reptile of genus Alligator",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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},
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"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
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"sense": "large amphibious reptile of genus Alligator",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
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"code": "id",
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],
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"code": "lo",
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"word": "ແຂ້"
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],
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"sense": "large amphibious reptile of genus Alligator",
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"masculine"
],
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"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "large amphibious reptile of genus Alligator",
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"masculine"
],
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"code": "arw",
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"code": "mk",
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"sense": "large amphibious reptile of genus Alligator",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "алигатор"
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"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
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"word": "aligator"
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"code": "mi",
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"code": "mn",
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"word": "bitseeʼ yee adiłhałii"
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"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "large amphibious reptile of genus Alligator",
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"masculine"
],
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"sense": "large amphibious reptile of genus Alligator",
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"code": "ota",
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"code": "ota",
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"word": "نهنگ"
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"code": "fa",
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"word": "تمساح"
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "large amphibious reptile of genus Alligator",
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"masculine"
],
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"masculine"
],
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "large amphibious reptile of genus Alligator",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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"roman": "magramaccha",
"sense": "large amphibious reptile of genus Alligator",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ਮਗਰਮੱਛ"
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"masculine"
],
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"code": "ru",
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"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "аллига́тор"
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"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "large amphibious reptile of genus Alligator",
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"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "алигатор"
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"code": "sh",
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"Roman",
"masculine"
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"code": "sk",
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"masculine"
],
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"masculine"
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"masculine"
],
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"masculine"
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"masculine"
],
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"code": "sw",
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"code": "sw",
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"code": "sv",
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"code": "tl",
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"code": "tg",
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"word": "тимсоҳ"
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"word": "аллигатор"
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"code": "th",
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"code": "th",
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"word": "จระเข้"
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"code": "th",
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"word": "แอลลิเกเตอร์"
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{
"code": "th",
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"code": "tpi",
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"code": "tn",
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"code": "tr",
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"code": "tr",
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"sense": "large amphibious reptile of genus Alligator",
"word": "alligator"
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"code": "uk",
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"masculine"
],
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"code": "umb",
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"code": "ur",
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"code": "ur",
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"code": "ur",
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"code": "ug",
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"code": "uz",
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"code": "uz",
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"sense": "large amphibious reptile of genus Alligator",
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"code": "vi",
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"sense": "large amphibious reptile of genus Alligator",
"word": "cá sấu"
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"code": "wap",
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"word": "atoru"
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"masculine"
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"masculine"
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"code": "zza",
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"ref": "2003, Carson Dunlop & Associates, Essentials of Home Inspection: Roofing, page 24",
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"ref": "2004, James E. Piper, Handbook of Facility Assessment, page 39",
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{
"ref": "2009, Kären M. Hess, Christine M. H. Orthmann, Criminal Investigation, page 483",
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"English verbs",
"Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa",
"Entries using missing taxonomic name (genus)",
"Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)",
"Rhymes:English/eɪtə(ɹ)",
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"ref": "2013, Chuck Palahniuk, “December 21, 9:33 A.M. CST”, in Doomed",
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"homophone": "allegator"
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