Family Alligatoridae (Noun)
Meaning
Alligators; caimans.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- The family Alligatoridae consists of two living species of alligators and several species of caimans and other prehistoric relatives.
- The American alligator belongs to the family Alligatoridae, a group of large reptiles that have remained largely unchanged since the time of the dinosaurs.
- Alligatoridae is a family of reptiles that includes the American alligator, the Chinese alligator, and several species of caimans found in Central and South America.
- Caimans are a type of alligatorid found in the family Alligatoridae, which also includes true alligators and the now extinct caimans from North America and Europe.
- The family tree of the Alligatoridae is known to date back to the time of the dinosaurs, when the first alligatorid emerged as a distinct species of reptile.