Caiman

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Caiman \Cai"man\, n. (Zool.)
     See {Cayman}.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Cayman \Cay"man\ (k[=a]"man), n. [From the language of Guiana:
     cf. Sp. caiman.] (Zool.)
     The south America alligator. See {Alligator}. [Sometimes
     written {caiman}.]
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  caiman
       n : an alligator-like reptile of Central America and South
           America having a more heavily armored belly [syn: {cayman}]