Definition of Caracara

1. Noun. Any of various long-legged carrion-eating hawks of South America and Central America.


Definition of Caracara

1. n. 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.

Definition of Caracara

1. Noun. Any of several South American and Central American birds of prey in the family ''Falconidae''. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Caracara

1. a large hawk [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Caracara

carabineers
carabiner
carabinero
carabineros
carabiners
carabines
carabinier
carabiniere
carabinieri
carabiniers
carabining
carabins
caraboid
caracal
caracals
caracara (current term)
caracaras
caracca
caraccas
carack
caracks
caracol
caracole
caracoled
caracoler
caracolers
caracoles
caracoling
caracolite
caracolito

Literary usage of Caracara

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Birds of America by John James] [Audubon (1840)
"GENTS I.—POLYBORUS, Пли. caracara. Bill large, high, rather long, ... I was not aware of the existence of the caracara or Brazilian Eagle in the United ..."

2. The Gardens and Menagerie of the Zoological Society Delineated by Edward Turner Bennett (1831)
"They approach indeed much more nearly to the latter than the Brasilian caracara, with which we have provisionally associated them. ..."

3. Brazil: Its History, People, Natural Productions, Etc by Religious Tract Society (Great Britain) (1860)
"... or Howling- monkeys—Spider-monkeys—Lemurs—Marmosets—Harpy eagle—caracara— Toucan Chatterers—Campanero—Umbrella bird—Colours of birds in Brazil— Victoria ..."

4. A System of Natural History: Containing Scientific and Popular Descriptions by baron Georges Cuvier (1834)
"THE BRAZILIAN caracara EAGLE,a So named from its hoarse and peculiar cry, is of a blackish brown color, •with a light brownish gray neck, and the top of the ..."

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