caracara

caracara
noun Etymology: Spanish caracara & Portuguese caracará, from Tupi karakará Date: 1838 any of various large long-legged hawks found from the southern United States to South America that are classified with the falcons

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  • caracara — [kä΄rə kä′rə] n. [Sp < Tupí, of echoic orig.] any of various large New World birds of prey (family Falconidae) that feed mostly on carrion …   English World dictionary

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  • caracara — /kahr euh kahr euh, kar euh kar euh/, n. any of certain long legged birds of prey of the falcon family, of the southern U.S. and Central and South America that feed on carrion. [1830 40; < Sp or Pg < Tupi; imit. of its cry] * * * ▪ bird also… …   Universalium

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