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CARIAMA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Cariama mean?
• CARIAMA (noun)
The noun CARIAMA has 1 sense:
1. the type genus of the Cariamidae comprising only the crested cariama
Familiarity information: CARIAMA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The type genus of the Cariamidae comprising only the crested cariama
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Cariama; genus Cariama
Hypernyms ("Cariama" is a kind of...):
bird genus (a genus of birds)
Meronyms (members of "Cariama"):
Cariama cristata; crested cariama; seriema (Brazilian Cariama; sole representative of the genus Cariama)
Holonyms ("Cariama" is a member of...):
Cariamidae; family Cariamidae (crane-like South American wading birds)
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