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An alligator, or colloquially gator, is a large reptile in the genus Alligator of the family Alligatoridae in the order Crocodilia. The two extant species are the American alligator ( A. mississippiensis ) and the Chinese alligator ( A. sinensis ).
Waverly Walter Alford III (born August 18, 1968), known professionally by his stage name King Gordy, is an American horrorcore singer/rapper from Detroit, Michigan.He is one-fourth of underground hip hop group the Fat Killahz (with Fatt Father, Marv Won and Bang Belushi), one-third of the horrorcore supergroup How to Gag a Maggot (with Jimmy Donn and GrewSum), and one-half of the hardcore rap ...
"Gators" has been the nickname of the University of Florida's sports teams since 1911. In 1908, a printer made a spur-of-the-moment decision to print an alligator emblem on a shipment of the school's football pennants. [157] The mascot stuck, and was made official in 1911, perhaps because the team captain's nickname was Gator. [158]
Brabo. Bråbo, a hundred (former administrative division) in Sweden. Silvius Brabo, a Roman soldier in Belgian legend. Brabo Fountain, a fountain at Antwerp named ...
Originally shown at Art Basel in Miami Beach, the Gator was created to raise awareness of the Everglades. The Miami New Times described Gator in the Bay as "just the kind of [art] to augment the Magic City's reputation as a Mecca for Artistic Lunacy." [8] Goradesky's work is complex and is compared to the works of Christo. As his list of ...
A. olseni fore limb Alligator prenasalis fossil. The superfamily Alligatoroidea includes all crocodilians (fossil and extant) that are more closely related to the American alligator than to either the Nile crocodile or the gharial. [1]
The Brabo fountain, in Antwerp. Brabo throws the severed hand of Antigoon into the Scheldt. Sculpture by Jef Lambeaux (in 1887) Guarding a bridge on the river Scheldt, he exacted a toll from those crossing the river. For those who refused, he severed one of their hands and threw it into the river.
Silvius Brabo [ˈsɪɫviəz ˈbraːboː] was a mythical Roman soldier and the legendary founder and namesake of the city of Antwerp and Duke of Brabant. [ 1 ] According to one version of the legend, the giant Druon Antigoon guarded a bridge over the Scheldt ; [ 1 ] [ 2 ] another version has Druon guarding the port, demanding a tax from passing ...