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‖ laˈgarto Obs. [Sp. lagarto: see alligator2.] An alligator.
1577Frampton Joyful News ii. 73 b, Pimple stones..whiche are founde in greate quantitie in the mawes of Caimanes, yt are called Lagartos. 1596Raleigh Discov. Gviana 48 We saw in it [the Orenoque] diuers sorts of strange fishes, & of maruellous bignes, but for Lagartos it exceeded, for there were thousands of those vglie serpents. 1600Hakluyt Voy. III. 489 In this riuer we killed a monstrous Lagarto or Crocodile. |