noun
Brazilian Cariama; sole representative of the genus Cariama
• Syn: ↑seriema, ↑Cariama cristata
• Hypernyms: ↑wading bird, ↑wader
• Member Holonyms: ↑Cariama, ↑genus Cariama
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noun : a cariama (Cariama cristata) of the campos of southern Brazil that is yellowish gray mottled with dark brown on the back and somewhat striped below and has a large frontal crest of stiff filamentous feathers
Useful english dictionary. 2012.