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Definition of Caracara
1. Noun. Any of various long-legged carrion-eating hawks of South America and Central America.
Specialized synonyms: Audubon's Caracara, Polyborus Cheriway Audubonii, Carancha, Polyborus Plancus
Definition of Caracara
1. n. 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.
Definition of Caracara
1. Noun. Any of several South American and Central American birds of prey in the family ''Falconidae''. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Caracara
1. a large hawk [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Caracara
Literary usage of Caracara
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Birds of America by John James] [Audubon (1840)
"GENTS I.—POLYBORUS, Пли. caracara. Bill large, high, rather long, ... I was not
aware of the existence of the caracara or Brazilian Eagle in the United ..."
2. The Gardens and Menagerie of the Zoological Society Delineated by Edward Turner Bennett (1831)
"They approach indeed much more nearly to the latter than the Brasilian caracara,
with which we have provisionally associated them. ..."
3. Brazil: Its History, People, Natural Productions, Etc by Religious Tract Society (Great Britain) (1860)
"... or Howling- monkeys—Spider-monkeys—Lemurs—Marmosets—Harpy eagle—caracara—
Toucan Chatterers—Campanero—Umbrella bird—Colours of birds in Brazil— Victoria ..."
4. A System of Natural History: Containing Scientific and Popular Descriptions by baron Georges Cuvier (1834)
"THE BRAZILIAN caracara EAGLE,a So named from its hoarse and peculiar cry, is of
a blackish brown color, •with a light brownish gray neck, and the top of the ..."
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