Assertion: alligator's bony plate | /r/Synonym | osteoderm
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text: An alligator's body is covered with bony plates called osteoderms or scutes.
text: Bony plates inside the skin, called osteoderms or scutes, make the skin very hard to penetrate.
text: Gator’s bodied are embedded with bony plates called osteoderms or scutes, and have muscular flat tails.
text: Alligators have an “armored” body with embedded bony plates called osteoderms or scutes.
text: Both males and females have an “armored” body with a muscular, flat tail; the skin on the back is armored with embedded bony plates called osteoderms.