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CRESTED CARIAMA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does crested cariama mean? 

CRESTED CARIAMA (noun)
  The noun CRESTED CARIAMA has 1 sense:

1. Brazilian Cariama; sole representative of the genus Cariamaplay

  Familiarity information: CRESTED CARIAMA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CRESTED CARIAMA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Brazilian Cariama; sole representative of the genus Cariama

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Cariama cristata; crested cariama; seriema

Hypernyms ("crested cariama" is a kind of...):

wader; wading bird (any of many long-legged birds that wade in water in search of food)

Holonyms ("crested cariama" is a member of...):

Cariama; genus Cariama (the type genus of the Cariamidae comprising only the crested cariama)


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