Cariama cristata

Cariama cristata
Cariama [,C]a`ri*a"ma (s[aum]`r[-e]*[.a]"m[.a]), n. [Native name.] (Zo["o]l.) A large, long-legged cranelike South American wading bird ({Cariama cristata}, formerly {Dicholophus cristatus}) which preys upon snakes, etc.; it is also called the {seriema}, but that latter name is also applied to another South American bird. See {Seriema}. [1913 Webster +PJC]

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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