Caracara

2 definitions found

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

  Caracara \Ca`ra*ca"ra\ (k[aum]`r[.a]k[aum]"r[.a]), n. (Zool.)
     A south American bird of several species and genera,
     resembling both the eagles and the vultures. The caracaras
     act as scavengers, and are also called {carrion buzzards}.
     [1913 Webster]
  


     Note: The black caracara is {Ibycter ater}; the chimango is
           {Milvago chimango}; the Brazilian is {Polyborus
           Braziliensis}.
           [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  caracara
       n : any of various long-legged carrion-eating hawks of South
           America and Central America