depends on the context but for the most part a noun
Alligator is a noun.
Alligator, Florida, and armadillo are all nouns.
It is a noun. It is a name of an animal.
Hit the alligator on the eye because that's the only part of their body a human can get a alligator to let go.
Both ! It is a member of the Alligator family - which is part of the Reptiles group.
Two alligators have sex. The girl alligator then lays eggs, and they hatch out little baby alligators. You can't be a part of making an alligator unless you are an alligator.
They ate the tail, which is the meatiest part.
Using the context of this sentence, the parts of speech of each of the words is as follows: "The" = definite article "purple" = adjective "flamingo" = noun "flapped" = verb "outrageously" = adverb "as" = preposition "the" = definite article "blue" = adjective "alligator" = noun "closed" = transitive verb "in" = adverb "for" = preposition "the" = definite article "attack" = noun
part of speech
The part of speech for this particular word is a noun.
Yes because they're the same animal
what part of speech is beneath
adverb