caiman

3 definitions found

caiman - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Caiman \Cai"man\, n. (Zool.)
     See Cayman.
     [1913 Webster]

  Cayman \Cay"man\ (k[=a]"man), n. [From the language of Guiana:
     cf. Sp. caiman.] (Zool.)
     The south America alligator. See Alligator. [Sometimes
     written caiman.]
     [1913 Webster]

caiman - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  caiman
      n 1: a semiaquatic reptile of Central and South America that
           resembles an alligator but has a more heavily armored belly
           [syn: caiman, cayman]