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Definition of Caracaras
1. caracara [n] - See also: caracara
Lexicographical Neighbors of Caracaras
Literary usage of Caracaras
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Two Bird-lovers in Mexico by William Beebe (1905)
"The senses of the caracaras seemed not so keen as those ... When some prey was
spied, the caracaras forcibly took the first and best share. ..."
2. Handbook of Birds of the Western United States: Including the Great Plains by Florence Merriam Bailey (1921)
"South of San Ignatius, in driving through the low shin oak, we found two caracaras
perched on an isolated little round-topped oak. ..."
3. The History of Paraguay: Containing ... a Full and Authentic Account of the by Pierre-François-Xavier de Charlevoix (1769)
"This lake, in the ancient maps., is called the lake of caracaras; and, in the
more modern, ... of caracaras, communicates with the Par rana. ..."
4. The Great Mountains and Forests of South America by Paul Fountain (1904)
"The caracaras here were about the size of a small turkey, dark brown in colour,
varied with some lighter shades, and a little white on the wings and tail. ..."
5. Magazine of Zoology and Botany by Sir William Jardine, Prideaux John Selby, George Johnston (1837)
"They assemble in order to devour dead bodies ; and the caracaras, their faithful
imitators, congregate like them on the same carcases, with a like degree of ..."
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