alligators

English - Turkish

Definition of alligators in English Turkish dictionary

timsahlar

alligator

timsah

Hiç timsah eti yemedim. - I've never eaten alligator meat.

Bir timsah çok tehlikeli bir hayvandır. - An alligator is a very dangerous animal.

alligator

Amerika ve Çin'de yaşayan bir tür timsah

alligator

alligator pear perse ağacı veya meyvası

alligator

{i} amerika timsahı

English - English

Definition of alligators in English English dictionary: plural of alligator
alligator: A large amphibious reptile with sharp teeth and very strong jaws related to the crocodile and native to the Americas and China. Informal short form: gator
All you could see of the alligator were its two eyes above the water, and suddenly it snatched up and caught the poor bird with its strong jaws full of sharp teeth.
alligator: One who binds or ties
drain the swamp when up to one's neck in alligators: When performing a long and complex task, and when you've gotten utterly immersed in secondary and tertiary unexpected tangential subtasks, it's easy to lose sight of the initial objective. This sort of distraction can be particularly problematic if the all-consuming subtask or sub-subtask is not, after all, particularly vital to the original, primary goal, but ends up sucking up time and resources (out of all proportion to its actual importance) only because it seems so urgent
alligator: {n} a large crocodile, a kind of pear
Alligator: either of two amphibious reptiles related to crocodiles but with with shorter broader snouts
Alligator: a large reptile that lives in southern coastal wetlands and swamps; an ancient species linked to dinosaurs
Alligator: a term indicating the effect of a surface film contracting during drying to form small, irregular islands of color somewhat resembling the texture of alligator skin, also referred to as orange peel
Alligator: A white meat with a texture like pork which is perfect for absorbing the spices it is cooked with
Alligator: of paint, varnish, or the like: to crack and acquire the appearance of alligator hide, as from weathering or improper application
Alligator: tsu-la-s-gi
Alligator: -A speciallized tool attached to a hot stick used to tie a wire or cable into an insulator
Alligator: leather made from alligator's hide
alligator: A large carnivorous reptile of the Crocodile family, peculiar to America
alligator: Any machine with strong jaws, one of which opens like the movable jaw of an alligator a form of squeezer for the puddle ball a rock breaker a kind of job press, called also alligator press
alligator: Besides the common species of the southern United States, there are allied species in South America
alligator: An alligator is a large reptile with short legs, a long tail and very powerful jaws. Either of two species of long-snouted reptiles constituting the genus Alligator (family Alligatoridae, order Crocodilia). Alligators differ from crocodiles in snout shape and tooth placement. Living in large bodies of water such as lakes, swamps, and rivers, these lizardlike carnivores use their powerful tail for defense and swimming. The eyes, ears, and nostrils, located on top of the long head, project above the water's surface. Alligators dig burrows in which they shelter from danger and hibernate in cold weather. The once-endangered American alligator of the southeastern U.S. may grow to 19 ft (5.7 m) long but usually ranges from 6 to 12 ft (1.8 to 3.7 m) long. The Chinese alligator of the Chang (Yangtze) River region, which grows to 5 ft (1.5 m), is critically endangered
alligator: 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
alligator: either of two amphibious reptiles related to crocodiles but with with shorter broader snouts leather made from alligator's hide of paint, varnish, or the like: to crack and acquire the appearance of alligator hide, as from weathering or improper application
alligator: {i} broad-snouted variety of reptile belonging to the crocodile family (found in the the southeastern U.S. and eastern China)
alligator: {i} gator