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caracara

3 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. caracara (noun)
  2. Audubon's caracara (noun)
  3. Guadalupe caracara (noun)

ca·ra·ca·ra

noun \ˌka-rə-ˈka-rə, -ə-kə-ˈrä\

Definition of CARACARA

: any of various large long-legged hawks found from the southern United States to South America that are classified with the falcons

Origin of CARACARA

Spanish caracara & Portuguese caracará, from Tupi karakará
First Known Use: 1838

Rhymes with CARACARA

ayatollah, con anima, coureur de bois, hors de combat, je ne sais quoi, ménage à trois, petit bourgeois, phenomena, res publica, sursum corda, tamandua

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