variants
or less commonly cayman
: any of several Central and South American crocodilians (such as genera Caiman, Melanosuchus, and Paleosuchus) similar to alligators
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This Indigenous-run, four-bedroom lodge offers nighttime excursions to track black caimans, the largest alligator species.
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Becca Blond, AFAR Media, 5 Feb. 2025
Also, the caiman, which is an alligator-type creature, wants to eat it.
—Caroline Mimbs Nyce, The New Yorker, 29 Jan. 2025
With so many caimans in the water, the conditions are not safe for younger kids, who might slip through the handrails and barricades, which are very easy to overcome.
—Jamie Ditaranto, Travel + Leisure, 9 Sep. 2024
Capybaras, as prey animals, instinctively situate themselves in groups along lakes and riverbanks—the water, in which they can be submerged for up to five minutes, serves as a means of escape from land animals, and the land can provide refuge from the nefarious caiman.
—Gary Shteyngart, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025
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Becca Blond, AFAR Media, 5 Feb. 2025
Also, the caiman, which is an alligator-type creature, wants to eat it.
—Caroline Mimbs Nyce, The New Yorker, 29 Jan. 2025
With so many caimans in the water, the conditions are not safe for younger kids, who might slip through the handrails and barricades, which are very easy to overcome.
—Jamie Ditaranto, Travel + Leisure, 9 Sep. 2024
Capybaras, as prey animals, instinctively situate themselves in groups along lakes and riverbanks—the water, in which they can be submerged for up to five minutes, serves as a means of escape from land animals, and the land can provide refuge from the nefarious caiman.
—Gary Shteyngart, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025
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“Caiman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/caiman. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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