car·a·car·a (k r  -kr , -k-rä)n. Any of several large, carrion-eating or predatory hawks of the subfamily Caracarinae, native to South and Central America and the southern United States. [Spanish and Portuguese caracará, both from Tupi caracara.] |
caracara [ˌkɑːrəˈkɑːrə]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any of various large carrion-eating diurnal birds of prey of the genera Caracara, Polyborus, etc., of S North, Central, and South America, having long legs and naked faces: family Falconidae (falcons)
[from Spanish or Portuguese, from Tupi; of imitative origin]
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| Noun | 1. |  caracara - any of various long-legged carrion-eating hawks of South America and Central Americafalcon - diurnal birds of prey having long pointed powerful wings adapted for swift flight Audubon's caracara, Polyborus cheriway audubonii - widespread from southern United States to Central America; rusty black with black-and-white breast and tail carancha, Polyborus plancus - South American caracara |
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