CARANCHA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does carancha mean? 

• CARANCHA (noun)
  The noun CARANCHA has 1 sense:

1. South American caracara

  Familiarity information: CARANCHA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CARANCHA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

South American caracara

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

carancha; Polyborus plancus

Hypernyms ("carancha" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("carancha" is a member of...):

genus Polyborus; Polyborus (a genus of Falconidae)