american alligator

1. 1.

   large alligator of the southeastern United States

   SynonymsAlligator mississipiensis

   Broaderalligator

Questions about american alligator

What does american alligator mean?

american alligator means "large alligator of the southeastern United States".

What is another word for american alligator?

Close synonyms include Alligator mississipiensis. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is american alligator a common word?

american alligator is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.