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Alligator is el lagarto (a word for lizard) which is where English gets the word from. Crocodile is cocodrilo.
(The South American name for the relatively smaller crocodilian is caiman.)
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How do you spell aligator?
It's alligator, from the spanish el lagarto.
How do you spell alligator and crockidiel?
Alligator/s crocodile/s
In what country did the word 'alligator' originate?
The alligator comes from the Spanish.
How do you spell alagator?
The correct spelling is alligator.
The word alligator originates from?
spanish
How do you write alligator in spanish?
caimán
What is the spanish word for alligator?
caimán
Where did the word alligator come from?
Direct quote from Wikipedia... "The name alligator is an anglicized form of el lagarto, the Spanish term for "lizard", which early Spanish explorers and settlers in Florida called the alligator."
Is an alligator a caiman in spanish?
Cocodrilo or aligator.
The word alligator originates from what language?
Spanish
What is the scientific name of alligator?
Well, there are different types of alligators with their own scientific names. The general family of alligators is called Alligatoridae, which is derived from the Spanish el lagarto(the lizard). The alligator is a crocodilia ind the genus Alligator.The Spanish guys found the American alligator (alligator mississippiensis) while exploring around Florida; but there's also a Chinese alligator (alligator sinensis) which is smaller, but better armoured.The alligator is a crocodilian in the genus Alligator of the family Alligatoridae. There are two species -- the Alligator Mississippiensis or American alligator and the Alligator Sinensis or Chinese alligator.
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