audubon's caracara

  • 1Audubon'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 * * * ˈo …

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  • 2caracara — /kahr euh kahr euh, kar euh kar euh/, n. any of certain long legged birds of prey of the falcon family, of the southern U.S. and Central and South America that feed on carrion. [1830 40; < Sp or Pg < Tupi; imit. of its cry] * * * ▪ bird also&#8230; …

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  • 3caracara — noun any of various long legged carrion eating hawks of South America and Central America • Hypernyms: ↑falcon • Hyponyms: ↑Audubon s caracara, ↑Polyborus cheriway audubonii, ↑carancha, ↑Polyborus plancus …

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  • 4Northern Crested Caracara — Northern Caracara Northern Caracara in Texas, USA. Conservation status …

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  • 5Northern Caracara — Taxobox name = Northern Caracara status = LC | status system = IUCN3.1 image width = 200px image caption = Northern Caracara in Texas, USA. regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Falconiformes familia = Falconidae genus =&#8230; …

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  • 6Au|du|bon's caracara — « duh bonz», a large bird of tropical America, related to the falcons, with a black crest and long, naked legs, feeding largely on carrion, ranging as far north as the southern United States. ╂[&LT; John J. Audubon, 1785 1851, an American&#8230; …

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  • 7Polyborus cheriway audubonii — noun widespread from southern United States to Central America; rusty black with black and white breast and tail • Syn: ↑Audubon s caracara • Hypernyms: ↑caracara • Member Holonyms: ↑Polyborus, ↑genus Polyborus …

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  • 8ca|ra|ca|ra — «KAHR uh KAHR uh», noun. any one of several vulturelike hawks found in tropical and subtropical America. Audubon s caracara is the national emblem of Mexico. ╂[&LT; Spanish caracará &LT; the Tupi (perhaps Brazil) name; probably imitative] …

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  • 9genus Polyborus — noun a genus of Falconidae • Syn: ↑Polyborus • Hypernyms: ↑bird genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Falconidae, ↑family Falconidae • Member Meronyms: ↑ …

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  • 10Polyborus — noun a genus of Falconidae • Syn: ↑genus Polyborus • Hypernyms: ↑bird genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Falconidae, ↑family Falconidae • Member Meronyms: ↑ …

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