caiman
n.
tropical American crocodile (also cayman)
Alligatoridae
Alligators and caimans are
archosaurs, small
species of
crocodilians and forming the
family Alligatoridae (sometimes regarded instead as the
subfamily Alligatorinae).
Alligators differ from crocodiles principally in having wider and shorter heads, with more obtuse snouts; in having the fourth, enlarged tooth of the under jaw received, not into an external notch, but into a pit formed for it within the upper one; in lacking a jagged fringe which appears on the hind legs and feet of the crocodile; in having the toes of the hind feet webbed not more than half way to the tips; and an intolerance to salinity, alligators strongly preferring fresh water, while crocodiles can tolerate salt water due to specialized glands for filtering out salt. In general, crocodiles tend to be more dangerous to humans than alligators.
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caïman (m)
n.
caiman, tropical American crocodile (also cayman)
caimán (m)
n.
caiman, tropical American crocodile (also cayman)
Caiman
(n.)
See Cayman.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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