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Audubon's caracara

noun

widespread from southern United States to Central America; rusty black with black-and-white breast and tail

• Syn: ↑Polyborus cheriway audubonii

• Hypernyms: ↑caracara

• Member Holonyms: ↑Polyborus, ↑genus Polyborus

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\\ˈȯdəbənz-, -ˌbänz sometimes ˈȯdyə- or ˈȯjə-\ noun

Usage: usually capitalized A

Etymology: after J.J. Audubon died 1851 American ornithologist

: a No. American caracara (Polyborus cheriway audubonii) that is widespread from the southern United States through Mexico to Central America and is rusty black above with a bright bare face, a small black crest, and the breast and tail white marked with black

Useful english dictionary. 2012.