cariama
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of cariama
< New Latin < Portuguese
Example Sentences
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Dr. Burmeister, who has carefully investigated the osteology and anatomy of Cariama cristata, has come to the conclusion that the true place of this somewhat isolated form is near the Storks.
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The Crested Cariama is a native of the Campos of the interior of Brazil, where it is well known as the “Seriema.”
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The Cariama lives on the ground among the high grasses of the Campos, where the traveller frequently hears its loud screaming cry as he rides along the tracks.
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The frontispiece to the first volume of this work, which represents the Crested Cariama, is taken from one of these captive birds.
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Cariama burmeisteri, Salvin, Ibis, 1880, p.
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