Caiman

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See also: caiman, caimán, and caïman

Translingual

A spectacled caiman

Etymology

From Spanish caimán or Portuguese caimão, probably from Kari'na^[1] or perhaps from a Congo language.^[2]

Pronunciation

enPR: kāmən, IPA^(key): /ˈkeɪmən/
Rhymes: -eɪmən

Proper noun

Caiman m

A taxonomic genus within the family Alligatoridae – caimans.

Hypernyms

(genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Tetrapoda - superclass; Reptilia - class; Crocodylomorpha - superorder; Crocodilia - order; Eusuchia - suborder; Alligatoridae - family; Caimaninae - subfamily

Hyponyms

(genus): Caiman crocodilus (spectacled caiman), Caiman latirostris, Caiman yacare (species)

References

Caiman on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Caiman on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Caiman on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

^ “Caiman”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “Caiman”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

English

Proper noun

Caiman

(archaic) Alternative form of Cayman

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