caracara

UK: /ˌkɑːrəˈkɑːrə/ US: (kär′ə kär′ə, kar′ə kar′ə)

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ca•ra•ca•ra  (kär′ə kär′ə, kar′ə kar′ə), n. 

1. Birds 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.

• Tupi; imitative of its cry
• Spanish or Portuguese
• 1830–40

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caracara / ˌkɑːrəˈkɑːrə/ noun

1. any of various large carrion-eating diurnal birds of prey of the genera Caracara, Polyborus, etc, of S North, Central, and South America, having long legs and naked faces: family Falconidae (falcons)

Etymology: 19th Century: from Spanish or Portuguese, from Tupi; of imitative origin