Seriema

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Either of two cranelike birds (Cariama cristata or Chunga burmeisteri) of southern South America, having a tuftlike crest at the base of the bill and living mostly on land where they feed on snakes, worms, and insects.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Either of two species of bird in the family Cariamidae, endemic to South America.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. either of two large South American birds related to the cranes, the cariama of Southern Brazil (Cariama cristata, formerly Dicholophus cristata) or the Chunga burmeisteri of Argentina. They have an erectile crest and a short, broad bill. They are often domesticated.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A remarkable South American bird, whose name is as unsettled in orthography as is its position in the ornithological system.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. Brazilian Cariama; sole representative of the genus Cariama
  • n. Argentinian Cariama
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    wading bird    wader   
    Variant
    cariama   
     
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