common caracaras

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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]

(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

caracara - any of various long-legged carrion-eating hawks of South America and Central America

falcon - 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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Accipitridae Audubon's caracara Aves carancha Carrion buzzard Cathartidae Chimango class Aves falcon Falconidae Falconiformes family Accipitridae family Cathartidae family Falconidae family Pandionidae family Sagittariidae genus Polyborus order Falconiformes Pandionidae	Common barrator common basil common bean common bean plant common bearberry Common because of vicinage common beech common beet Common Bench common bile duct common birch common bird cherry common blackfish common bog rosemary common booklouse common box common brant goose Common brawler common broom common burdock common buttercup common calamint common camas common canary common caper common caracaras common cardinal vein common carline thistle common carotid common carotid artery common carrier common chickweed common chord common cockscomb common cold common comfrey common control (artillery) common coral tree common corn salad common cotton grass Common council Common crier common daisy common dandelion common denominator common devil's claw common divisor common dogbane common dolphin common duckweed common eel	common butterworts Common Buzzard Common Buzzard Common Cabin Air Assembly Common Cachalot Common Cachalot Common Caecilian Common Caecilian Common caecilians Common caecilians Common Caiman common calamint common calcaneal tendon common calcaneal tendon common calcanean tendon common calcanean tendon common calcanean tendon Common calendar Common calendar common camas common camellias common camellias common camellias common canary Common Capability Model common caper Common Capeweed common caracara common caracara common caracara common caracaras common cardinal common cardinal common cardinal common cardinal common cardinal vein common cardinal vein common cardinals common cardinals common cardinals common cardinals common carline thistle common carotid common carotid common carotid Common Carotid Arterial Blood Flow Common carotid arteries Common carotid arteries Common carotid arteries common carotid artery common carotid artery common carotid artery common carotid artery Common Carotid Intima-Media Thickness common carotid plexus Common Carotid Systolic Velocity Common carp Common carp Common carp Common carp Common carriage

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Accipitridae
Audubon's caracara
Aves
carancha
Carrion buzzard
Cathartidae
Chimango
class Aves
falcon
Falconidae
Falconiformes
family Accipitridae
family Cathartidae
family Falconidae
family Pandionidae
family Sagittariidae
genus Polyborus
order Falconiformes
Pandionidae

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