- a variation of caiman.
cayman
Americannoun
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caymans
plural
noun
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Etymology
Origin of cayman
C16: from Spanish caimán, from Carib cayman, probably of African origin
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The cayman, living in captivity in the oppressive fug of Peter's apartment, is tiny, just half the size of Margaux's arm.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 27, 2011
One of these pets is a cayman, "part alligator, part crocodile".
From The Guardian ● Mar. 27, 2011
As the kits watch, the mother creeps up, whacks the tail of an enormous cayman, then darts back as it lunges for her.
From Time Magazine Archive
The traveler describes the cayman, which is of enormous size—the whale of the oozy lagoon.
From The Story of Magellan and The Discovery of the Philippines by Hezekiah Butterworth
The people pulled the cayman to the surface; he plunged furiously as soon as he arrived in these upper regions, and immediately went below again on their slackening the rope.
From Wanderings in South America by Charles Waterton
Like Weisberger noted, there are also caymans and owls, and a watchful eye must always be kept out for the mosquitoes on the course.
From Golf Digest ● Aug. 9, 2016
More than once in the drier parts of the marsh we met small caymans making their way from one pool to another.
From Through the Brazilian Wilderness by Theodore Roosevelt
As one cayman called another answered; and although caymans are not very common anywhere, that night you would have thought that the world was full of them.
From The Animal Story Book by Various
But the tables were readily turned if any caymans were injured.
From Through the Brazilian Wilderness by Theodore Roosevelt
For this purpose he took some Indians with him to the Essequibo, which falls into the sea not far from Demerara, and was known to be a famous place for caymans.
From The Animal Story Book by Various
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