Definition of "cariama" []

• 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. (noun)
• The type genus of the Cariamidae, consisting only of the Cariama cristata, also called the seriema. (noun)

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