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cayman

Noun

cay=man

WORDNET DICTIONARY

cayman(n = noun.animal) caiman - a semiaquatic reptile of Central and South America that resembles an alligator but has a more heavily armored belly; Array

is a kind of crocodilian, crocodilian reptile

is a member of genus caiman

has particulars: caiman sclerops, spectacled caiman

cayman, n. [From the language of Guiana: cf. Sp. caiman.].

The south America alligator. See Alligator. [1913 Webster]

cayman, n. (also caiman) any of various S. American alligator-like reptilians, esp. of the genus Caiman.

Etymology

Sp. & Port. caiman, f. Carib acayuman

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