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Definition of spectacled alligator

spectacled alligator
Yacare Yac"a*re` (y[a^]k"[.a]*r[=a]`), n. [See Jacare.] (Zo["o]l.) A South American crocodilian (Jacare sclerops) resembling the alligator in size and habits. The eye orbits are connected together, and surrounded by prominent bony ridges. Called also spectacled alligator, and spectacled cayman. [Written also jacare.] Note: The name is also applied to allied species.

Meaning of spectacled alligator from wikipedia

- The spectacled caiman (Caiman crocodilus), also known as the white caiman, common caiman, and speckled caiman, is a crocodilian in the family Alligatoridae...
- The Chinese alligator (Alligator sinensis; simplified Chinese: 鼍; traditional Chinese: 鼉; pinyin: tuó), also known as the Yangtze alligator (simplified...
- phylogeny of alligators. Alligator hailensis Alligator mcgrewi Alligator mefferdi Alligator munensis Alligator olseni Alligator prenasalis Alligator thomsoni...
- their movements, and have longer, sharper teeth than alligators. C. crocodilus, the spectacled caiman, has the widest distribution, from southern Mexico...
- The American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis), sometimes referred to colloquially as a gator or common alligator, is a large crocodilian reptile...
- Caiman crocodylus (the spectacled caiman) and all species closer to it than to Alligator mississippiensis (the American alligator). This is a stem-based...
- to farm, though captive breeding of the spectacled caiman does take place in South America. Farming alligators and crocodiles first grew out of the demand...
- crocodile Siamese crocodile Smooth-fronted caiman Spectacled caiman West African crocodile Yacare caiman Alligator snapping turtle Arrau turtle Blood python Corn...
- American crocodiles coexist with the American alligator in Florida, and with the smaller spectacled caiman within Central America and South America...
- jacare caiman, Paraguayan caiman, piranha caiman, red caiman, and southern spectacled caiman, is a species of caiman, a crocodilian in the family Alligatoridae...