NOUN | animal | cayman, caiman | a semiaquatic reptile of Central and South America that resembles an alligator but has a more heavily armored belly |
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Sounds | key'mahn | |
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Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... |
Meaning | A semiaquatic reptile of Central and South America that resembles an alligator but has a more heavily armored belly. | |
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Synonym | caiman | |
Member of | genus Caiman | caimans |
Narrower | spectacled caiman, Caiman sclerops | caiman with bony ridges about the eyes |
Broader | crocodilian reptile, crocodilian | extant archosaurian reptile |
Spanish | caimán, yacaré | |
Catalan | caiman |
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