The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

cariama \[,c]a`ri*a"ma\ (s[aum]`r[-e]*[.a]"m[.a]), n. [Native
   name.] (Zool.)
   A large, long-legged cranelike South American wading bird
   (Cariama cristata, formerly Dicholophus cristatus) which
   preys upon snakes, etc.; it is also called the seriema, but
   that latter name is also applied to another South American
   bird. See Seriema.
   [1913 Webster +PJC]