Noun

• S: (n) alligator, gator (either of two amphibious reptiles related to crocodiles but with shorter broader snouts)
• direct hyponym / full hyponym
• member holonym
• S: (n) genus Alligator (type genus of the Alligatoridae)
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (n) crocodilian reptile, crocodilian (extant archosaurian reptile)
• S: (n) diapsid, diapsid reptile (reptile having a pair of openings in the skull behind each eye)
• S: (n) reptile, reptilian (any cold-blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia including tortoises, turtles, snakes, lizards, alligators, crocodiles, and extinct forms)
• S: (n) vertebrate, craniate (animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium)
• S: (n) chordate (any animal of the phylum Chordata having a notochord or spinal column)
• S: (n) animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna (a living organism characterized by voluntary movement)
• S: (n) organism, being (a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently)
• S: (n) living thing, animate thing (a living (or once living) entity)
• S: (n) whole, unit (an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity) "how big is that part compared to the whole?"; "the team is a unit"
• S: (n) object, physical object (a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow) "it was full of rackets, balls and other objects"
• S: (n) physical entity (an entity that has physical existence)
• S: (n) entity (that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving))