#alligator  either of two amphibious reptiles with shorter broader snouts than crocodiles
  supertype:  crocodilian_reptile__crocodilianreptile__crocodilian  extant archosaurian reptile
  subtype:  American_alligator  Chinese_alligator
  member of:  genus_Alligator  type genus of the Alligatoridae
     member of:  family_Alligatoridae__Alligatoridae  alligators; caimans
        member of:  order_Crocodylia__Crocodylia__Crocodilia__order_Crocodilia  crocodiles; alligators; caimans; gavials
           member of:  subclass_Archosauria__Archosauria  a large subclass of diapsid reptiles including: crocodiles; alligators; dinosaurs; pterosaurs; plesiosaurs; ichthyosaurs; thecodonts
              member of:  class_Reptilia__Reptilia  class of cold-blooded air-breathing vertebrates with completely ossified skeleton and a body usually covered with scales or horny plates; once the dominant land animals
                 member of:  subphylum_Vertebrata__Vertebrata__Craniata__subphylum_Craniata  fishes; amphibians; reptiles; birds; mammals
                    member of:  phylum_Chordata__Chordata  comprises true vertebrates and animals having a notochord
                       member of:  kingdom_Animalia__Animalia__animal_kingdom  taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct animals

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