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a large, heavily scaled fish, Lepisosteus spatula, with an elongated body and long snout, found mainly in shallow weedy fresh water in the southeastern U.S.[1815-25, Amer.]
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alligator gar
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Alligator gar — Alligator Al li*ga tor, n. [Sp. el lagarto the lizard (el lagarto de Indias, the cayman or American crocodile), fr. L. lacertus, lacerta, lizard. See {Lizard}.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) A large carnivorous reptile of the Crocodile family, peculiar to… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Alligator gar — Taxobox name = Alligator gar image width = 240px regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Actinopterygii ordo = Lepisosteiformes familia = Lepisosteidae genus = Atractosteus species = A. spatula binomial = Atractosteus spatula binomial… … Wikipedia
alligator gar — misisipinė kaimanžuvė statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas taksono rangas rūšis atitikmenys: lot. Atractosteus spathula angl. alligator gar; Mississippi gar rus. миссисипский панцирник ryšiai: platesnis terminas – trumpasnukės kaimanžuvės … Žuvų pavadinimų žodynas
alligator gar — noun Etymology: so called from its size : a large freshwater gar (Lepisosteus spatula) of the central United States that attains a length of over 7 feet and a weight in excess of 150 pounds; also : any of certain related Cuban and Central… … Useful english dictionary
alligator gar — noun a species (Atractosteus spatula) of gar native U.S., known for its extremely large (in excess of 200 lbs) size … Wiktionary
common alligator gar — krokodilinė vėjažuvė statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas taksono rangas rūšis atitikmenys: lot. Tylosurus crocodilus angl. common alligator gar; common alligator garfish; crocodile needlefish; fork tailed alligator gar; fork tailed alligator… … Žuvų pavadinimų žodynas
fork-tailed alligator gar — krokodilinė vėjažuvė statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas taksono rangas rūšis atitikmenys: lot. Tylosurus crocodilus angl. common alligator gar; common alligator garfish; crocodile needlefish; fork tailed alligator gar; fork tailed alligator… … Žuvų pavadinimų žodynas
Cuban alligator gar — Kubos kaimanžuvė statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas taksono rangas rūšis atitikmenys: lot. Atractosteus tristoechus angl. Cuban alligator gar rus. кубинский панцирник ryšiai: platesnis terminas – trumpasnukės kaimanžuvės … Žuvų pavadinimų žodynas
Alligator — Al li*ga tor, n. [Sp. el lagarto the lizard (el lagarto de Indias, the cayman or American crocodile), fr. L. lacertus, lacerta, lizard. See {Lizard}.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) A large carnivorous reptile of the Crocodile family, peculiar to America. It has… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Alligator apple — Alligator Al li*ga tor, n. [Sp. el lagarto the lizard (el lagarto de Indias, the cayman or American crocodile), fr. L. lacertus, lacerta, lizard. See {Lizard}.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) A large carnivorous reptile of the Crocodile family, peculiar to… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
