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AUDUBON'S CARACARA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Audubon's caracara mean?
• AUDUBON'S CARACARA (noun)
The noun AUDUBON'S CARACARA has 1 sense:
1. widespread from southern United States to Central America; rusty black with black-and-white breast and tail
Familiarity information: AUDUBON'S CARACARA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Widespread from southern United States to Central America; rusty black with black-and-white breast and tail
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Audubon's caracara; Polyborus cheriway audubonii
Hypernyms ("Audubon's caracara" is a kind of...):
caracara (any of various long-legged carrion-eating hawks of South America and Central America)
Holonyms ("Audubon's caracara" is a member of...):
genus Polyborus; Polyborus (a genus of Falconidae)
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