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Guarea Swartzii Alligator Al"li*ga`tor, n. [Sp. el lagarto the lizard (el
lagarto de Indias, the cayman or American crocodile), fr. L.
lacertus, lacerta, lizard. See Lizard.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) A large carnivorous reptile of the Crocodile
family, peculiar to America. It has a shorter and broader
snout than the crocodile, and the large teeth of the lower
jaw shut into pits in the upper jaw, which has no marginal
notches. Besides the common species of the southern United
States, there are allied species in South America.
2. (Mech.) Any machine with strong jaws, one of which opens
like the movable jaw of an alligator; as,
(a) (Metal Working) a form of squeezer for the puddle
ball;
(b) (Mining) a rock breaker;
(c) (Printing) a kind of job press, called also alligator
press.
Alligator apple (Bot.), the fruit of the Anona palustris,
a West Indian tree. It is said to be narcotic in its
properties. --Loudon.
Alligator fish (Zo["o]l.), a marine fish of northwestern
America (Podothecus acipenserinus).
Alligator gar (Zo["o]l.), one of the gar pikes
(Lepidosteus spatula) found in the southern rivers of
the United States. The name is also applied to other
species of gar pikes.
Alligator pear (Bot.), a corruption of Avocado pear. See
Avocado.
Alligator snapper, Alligator tortoise, Alligator turtle
(Zo["o]l.), a very large and voracious turtle
(Macrochelys lacertina) inhabiting the rivers of the
southern United States. It sometimes reaches the weight of
two hundred pounds. Unlike the common snapping turtle, to
which the name is sometimes erroneously applied, it has a
scaly head and many small scales beneath the tail. This
name is sometimes given to other turtles, as to species of
Trionyx.
Alligator wood, the timber of a tree of the West Indies
(Guarea Swartzii).
high-area storm Storm Storm, n.
Anticyclonic storm (Meteor.), a storm characterized by a
central area of high atmospheric pressure, and having a
system of winds blowing spirally outward in a direction
contrary to that cyclonic storms. It is attended by low
temperature, dry air, infrequent precipitation, and often
by clear sky. Called also high-area storm,
anticyclone. When attended by high winds, snow, and
freezing temperatures such storms have various local
names, as blizzard, wet norther, purga, buran,
etc.
Cyclonic storm. (Meteor.) A cyclone, or low-area storm. See
Cyclone, above. Stovain Sto"va*in, n. Also -ine -ine
. [Stove (a translation of the name of the discoverer,
Fourneau + -in, -ine.] (Pharm.)
A substance, C14H22O2NCl, the hydrochloride of an amino
compound containing benzol, used, in solution with
strychnine, as a local an[ae]sthetic, esp. by injection into
the sheath of the spinal cord, producing an[ae]sthesia below
the point of introduction.
low-area storm Cyclone Cy"clone, n.
1. (Meteor.) In general, a condition of the atmosphere
characterized by a central area of pressure much lower
than that of surrounding areas, and a system of winds
blowing inward and around (clockwise in the southern
hemisphere and counter-clockwise in the northern); --
called also a low-area storm. It is attended by high
temperature, moist air, abundant precipitation, and
clouded sky. The term includes the hurricane, typhoon, and
tropical storms; it should not be applied to the moderate
disturbances attending ordinary areas of low pressure nor
to tornadoes, waterspouts, or ``twisters,' in which the
vertical motion is more important than the horizontal.
2. A tornado. See above, and Tornado. [Middle U. S.]
