caracara
NounUS[kah-ruh-kah-ruh]/ˌkɑrəˈkɑrə/4 syllables
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Noun (1)
- any of various long-legged carrion-eating hawks of South America and Central AmericaType of falconKinds carancha, Audubon's caracara
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Ca′ra·ca′ra (kä′rȧkä′rȧ), noun
Zoology A south American bird of several species and genera, resembling both the eagles and the vultures. The caracaras act as scavengers, and are also called carrion buzzards.
☞ The black caracara is Ibycter ater; the chimango is Milvago chimango; the Brazilian is Polyborus Braziliensis.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54