Caiman

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  • noun. Any of various tropical American crocodilians of the genus Caiman and related genera of the family Alligatoridae, differing from the alligators in having bony plates on the belly.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A genus of tropical American Alligatoridæ, containing such species as C. palpebrosus or C. trigonatus; the caymans.
  • noun. [lowercase] A cayman.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. See cayman.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A relative of the alligator, of the genus Caiman. It resembles an alligator and a crocodile but smaller.
  • noun. A semi-aquatic lizard, of the genus Dracaena, found in South America. To differentiate from caimans, they are referred to as caiman lizards.
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  • noun. a semiaquatic reptile of Central and South America that resembles an alligator but has a more heavily armored belly
    • Word Usage
    "And about a knickknack made from a crocodilian reptile known as a caiman, posed with a pipe in its mouth and an ashtray in its claws."
    cross-reference
    alligator  croc  crocodile  gator  gavial  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    crocodilian  crocodilian reptile  
    Hyponym
    Words that are more specific
    caiman sclerops  spectacled caiman  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    Dino  alligator  anaconda  anacondas  breagar  
    variant
    cayman  
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