CAYMAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cayman mean? 

• CAYMAN (noun)
  The noun CAYMAN has 1 sense:

1. a semiaquatic reptile of Central and South America that resembles an alligator but has a more heavily armored belly

  Familiarity information: CAYMAN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CAYMAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A semiaquatic reptile of Central and South America that resembles an alligator but has a more heavily armored belly

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

caiman; cayman

Hypernyms ("cayman" is a kind of...):

crocodilian; crocodilian reptile (extant archosaurian reptile)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cayman"):

Caiman sclerops; spectacled caiman (caiman with bony ridges about the eyes; found from southern Mexico to Argentina)

Holonyms ("cayman" is a member of...):

genus Caiman (caimans)

 Context examples 

With a dull, heavy splash an occasional cayman plunged in from the bank.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)