caracara
/ˈkæ.ɹəˌkɑ.ɹə/
caracara noun: any of several South American and Central American birds of prey in the subfamily Caracarinae.
Noun
caracara (plural caracaras)
- 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
caracara meaning in Tamil
caracara in Tamil
- நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும் பறவைகளில், இது ஒரு சிறப்பு இனமாகும்
Forms of caracara
| plural | caracaras |
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Origin of caracara
From Spanish caracara or Portuguese carcará, from Tupian, probably imitative.
Words formed from caracara
- Audubon's caracara
- carunculated caracara
- Phalcoboenus carunculatus
- chimango caracara
- Milvago chimango
- crested caracara
- mountain caracara
- Phalcoboenus megalopterus
- northern crested caracara
- Caracara cheriway
- red-throated caracara
- Ibycter americanus
- southern caracara
- southern crested caracara
- Caracara plancus
- striated caracara
- Phalcoboenus australis
- white-throated caracara
- Phalcoboenus albogularis
- yellow-headed caracara
- Milvago chimachima
Questions about caracara
- What does caracara mean?
- Caracara means any of several South American and Central American birds of prey in the subfamily Caracarinae.
- What is caracara in Tamil?
- Caracara in Tamil is நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும் பறவைகளில், இது ஒரு சிறப்பு இனமாகும். See Caracara meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is caracara?
- Caracara is a noun.
- How do you pronounce caracara?
- Caracara is pronounced /ˈkæ.ɹəˌkɑ.ɹə/.
- What is the plural of caracara?
- The plural of caracara is caracaras.
Words near caracara in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: caracara (page history and authors); caracara (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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