caracara en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈkæ.ɹəˌkɑ.ɹə/
Etymology
From Spanish caracara or Portuguese carcará, from Tupian, probably imitative.
Meanings
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Any of several South American and Central American birds of prey in the subfamily Caracarinae.
The caracara's flight is direct and rapid, not at all like that of the vulture, which sails and soars in spirals.
1911, Anna Botsford Comstock, Handbook of Nature Study, 24th edition, published 1939, page 106:A few still live on the remote coasts of Tierra del Fuego, and though warrahs and gauchos vanished from the Falklands soon after Darwin's visit, striated caracaras still cling to life on the archipelago's outer islands, where they hunt and scavenge in colonies of penguins, seals, and albatrosses.
2021, Jonathan Meiburg, A Most Remarkable Creature: The Hidden Life of the World's Smartest Birds of Prey, Vintage, →ISBN, page 8:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| caracaras | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
northern crested caracara · Phalcoboenus albogularis · southern caracara · Phalcoboenus australis · Milvago chimachima · southern crested caracara · red-throated caracara · Caracara plancus · crested caracara · Chimango caracara · Audubon's caracara · striated caracara · yellow-headed caracara · Phalcoboenus carunculatus · carunculated caracara · white-throated caracara · Phalcoboenus megalopterus · Caracara cheriway · Milvago chimango · Ibycter americanus · mountain caracara · chimango caracara
Translations (10)
es carancho (bird of prey) · nv galagaláʼii (bird of prey) · de Geierfalke (bird of prey) · fi karakara (bird of prey) · pt caracará (bird of prey) · pt carcará (bird of prey) · ca caracarà (bird of prey) · qu alqamari (bird of prey) · es caracará (bird of prey) · ro caracara (bird of prey)