spectacled caiman

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English[edit]

A young spectacled caiman, Caiman crocodilus

Noun[edit]

spectacled caiman (plural spectacled caimans)

  1. A crocodilian native to the warmer parts of Latin America, Caiman crocodilus, which, despite the specific epithet, is more closely related to alligators than crocodiles.