caiman
any of several tropical American crocodilians of the genus Caiman and allied genera: some are endangered.
Origin of caiman
1- Also cay·man .
Words Nearby caiman
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024
How to use caiman in a sentence
When the team analyzed 138 scat samples, the researchers found 55 percent had fish remains in them and 46 percent contained aquatic reptiles, such as caiman or turtles.
Huge numbers of fish-eating jaguars prowl Brazil’s wetlands | Jake Buehler | October 13, 2021 | Science NewsOurs is the caiman model, a 6x6 behemoth that weighs in at over 15 tons and makes Humvees shrivel up with feelings of inadequacy.
Why Does My Kids’ Elementary School Need a Tank? | Andy Hinds | September 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe caiman offers a range of option packages, from bristling-with-machine-guns, to monster-truck-field-hospital.
Why Does My Kids’ Elementary School Need a Tank? | Andy Hinds | September 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTOn another trip, a defiant caiman (a South American crocodile) devours his mosquito net.
The crocodiles of the American continent form a distinct genus, sometimes designated Alligator, and sometimes caiman.
The Desert World | Arthur Mangin
The local name "caiman" refers to both Crocodylus and to caiman, for, in general, the natives do not distinguish between the two.
The Amphibians and Reptiles of Michoacn, Mxico | William E. DuellmanPeters (1954:10) refuted Gadow's record on the basis that Gadow's collections contained no specimens of caiman.
The Amphibians and Reptiles of Michoacn, Mxico | William E. DuellmanIt differs from the caiman by having a bony septum between its nostrils, and its ventral scutes are thinly, if at all, ossified.
The Sin of Monsieur Pettipon | Richard ConnellAt noon she came to an anchor in a small bay, northward of the Hocico de caiman.
British Dictionary definitions for caiman
/ (ˈkeɪmən) /
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Browse