caiman

See also: Caiman, caimán, and caïman

English

A spectacled caiman

Alternative forms

• cayman

Etymology

From Spanish caiman or Portuguese caimão, from Kari'na acayouman.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkeɪ.mən/
• Rhymes: -eɪmən

Noun

caiman (plural caimans)

1. Any of the relatively small crocodilians of genus Caiman, within family Alligatoridae.
   • 1995, Laurie Agopian, Extended Thematic Unit: Rain Forest, page 32,

     Caimans are reptiles that are closely related to their Central and South American neighbors, the alligators. Adult caimans are usually four to six feet (1.8 m) in length.

   • 2002, International Wildlife Encyclopedia: Brown bear - Cheetah, 3rd Edition, page 358,

     The caimans are found in South America, mainly in the Amazon basin, with one species extending into the southern part of Mexico and another reaching northern parts of Argentina.

   • 2010, Carrol L. Henderson, Mammals, Amphibians, and Reptiles of Costa Rica: A Field Guide, page 164,

     Newly hatched caimans eat insects. Young caimans are eaten by Jabirus, Wood Storks, Great Egrets, and raccoons. Adult caimans have no predators except human poachers.

2. A semi-aquatic lizard, of the genus Dracaena, found in South America. To differentiate from caimans, they are referred to as caiman lizards.

Derived terms

• caiman lizard

Translations

alligator relative

• Arabic: كَيَامِن m (kayāmin), كَيْمَن m (kayman)
• Basque: kaiman
• Belarusian: кайма́н m (kajmán)
• Catalan: caiman m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 凱門鱷／凯门鳄 (kǎimén'è), 凯门鳄 (kǎimén'è)

• Classical Nahuatl: cipactli
• Czech: kajman m
• Dutch: kaaiman (nl) m
• Estonian: kaiman
• Finnish: kaimaani (fi)
• French: caïman (fr) m
• Georgian: კაიმანი (ḳaimani)
• German: Kaiman (de) m
• Hindi: कैमान (kaimān)
• Italian: caimano (it) m
• Japanese: カイマン (ja) (kaiman)
• Kazakh: кайман (kaiman)
• Korean: 카이만 (kaiman)
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• Kyrgyz: кайман (kayman)
• Macedonian: кајман m (kajman)
• Navajo: bitseeʼ yee adiłhałii yázhí
• Norwegian: kaiman (no)
• Persian: کیمن (kayman)
• Polish: kajman (pl) m
• Portuguese: caimão m
• Romanian: caiman (ro) m
• Russian: кайма́н (ru) m (kajmán)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: кајман m

  Roman: kajman (sh) m

• Slovak: kajman m
• Slovene: kajman (sl) m
• Spanish: caimán (es) m, yacaré (es) m
• Thai: เคแมน
• Ukrainian: кайма́н (uk) m (kajmán)
• Uzbek: kayman
• Vietnamese: cá sấu (vi)
• Yucatec Maya: áayin

See also

• alligator, gator
• crocodile, croc
• gavial, gharial

Further reading

• caiman on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• -maniac, Mancia, mancia, maniac

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [kəjˈman]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [kajˈman]
• Rhymes: -an

Noun

caiman m (plural caimans)

1. caiman

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Romanian

Etymology

From French caïman.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kajˈman/
• Hyphenation: cai‧man

Noun

caiman m (plural caimani)

1. caiman

Declension

Declension of caiman

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) caiman	caimanul	(niște) caimani	caimanii
genitive/dative	(unui) caiman	caimanului	(unor) caimani	caimanilor
vocative	caimanule		caimanilor