"Later Alligator" is an expression in English. If you used the literal translation in Spanish (Más tarde alligator) people would be confused and think you were visiting an alligator at some later time. For an informal way to say "See you later" many Spaniards just say "luego" from the expression "Hasta luego" which means "See you later".
Adah Johnson
The alligator comes from the Spanish.
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."
The Chinese alligator (Alligator sinensis) and the larger American alligator (Alligator mississippensis).
An alligator turtle is a turtle, and does not count as an alligator.
No, an alligator is not a mammal. It is a reptile.
"Later Alligator" is an expression in English. If you used the literal translation in Spanish (Más tarde alligator) people would be confused and think you were visiting an alligator at some later time. For an informal way to say "See you later" many Spaniards just say "luego" from the expression "Hasta luego" which means "See you later".
The alligator comes from the Spanish.
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It's alligator, from the spanish el lagarto.
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."
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Cocodrilo or aligator.
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.
I read somewhere that it comes from Spanish "el lagarto", meaning "the lizard". (Note that the modern Spanish word for "alligator" is "caiman", with an acute accent on the second "a" that I don't know how to type in here!)
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