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Tropical crocodile whose name sounds like a Caribbean island group
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caiman
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Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Caiman is a genus of caimans within the alligatorid subfamily Caimaninae . They inhabit Central and South America . They are relatively small sized crocodilians, with all species reaching lengths of only a few meters and weighing on average.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
also cayman , 1570s, from Portuguese or Spanish caiman , from Carib acayouman "crocodile," or perhaps from a Congo African word applied to the reptiles in the new world by African slaves. "The name appears to be one of those like anaconda and bom, boma, ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 Any of the relatively small crocodilians of genus ''Caiman'', within family Alligatoridae. 2 A semi-aquatic lizard, of the genus ''Dracaena'', found in South America. ''To differentiate from caimans, they are referred to as caiman lizards.''
Usage examples of caiman.
After a minute of fruitless searching, she told herself the animal had probably been a caiman, or one of a hundred large species of fish that inhabited the rivers of the Amazon, but least likely an anaconda.
The flotilla of boats and men drifted and motored closer to the shore, ineffectually trying to cage the caiman thrashing in the water.
Those minutes in the Marauia, swimming in the current and hearing the giant caiman thrashing and lunging about in the water behind him, had been some of the longest in his life.
Eddie and his ragged little entourage had arrived at Reino Novo just as the sun was setting, the promised emeralds and diamonds in hand, retrieved from William Sanchez Travers the evening before in Santa Maria, apparently mere hours before the man had been eaten by a giant caiman near the mouth of the Rio Marauia.
I am a caiman, an anaconda, a jaguar shaman, but never a monkey shaman.
Of course, the pile of endangered black caiman carcasses and jaguar pelts found in the village had not helped matters.
I read about a black caiman found dead with two outboard motors in its belly, swallowed whole.
The caiman was probably content with its meal, but where there was one, there might be other predators, especially once the blood flowed down the current.
DeMartini had been in the lead boat with a few of the civilians, but he had been close enough to see the monstrous caiman rise out of the river and rip Graves from the other boat.
Afterward, they had covered their tracks, setting up a false trail beside the river with caiman dung and prints.
Bullets peppered the underside of the giant, prehistoric caiman, but its yellowed belly scales were as hard as Kevlar.
The caiman stared at Nate between the roots, mouth gaping open, teeth glinting with menace.
I imagine the compound must act like caiman dung, a scent repellent to the giant cats.
Serge handed Coleman the caiman in a small rectangular cardboard box with little holes punched in it and told him to put it away.
In 1990 a leaflet from Dangerous Visions, a bookstore in Van Nuys, alerted me that Terry Pratchett and Neal Caiman would be in to autograph Good Omens.