Definitions for caiman

caiman cai·man

Spelling: [key-muh n]
IPA: /ˈkeɪ mən/

Caiman is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 90 anagrams from letters in caiman (aacimn).

Definitions for caiman

noun

  1. any of several tropical American crocodilians of the genus Caiman and allied genera: some are endangered.

Origin of caiman

1570-80; Spanish caimán Carib

Examples for caiman

Ours is the caiman model, a 6x6 behemoth that weighs in at over 15 tons and makes Humvees shrivel up with feelings of inadequacy.

No doubt the caiman had been attempting to plunder the new-laid eggs of the tortoise, and the latter had detected him in the act.

Many children of poor negro women become a prey to the caiman in this locality.

The local name "caiman" refers to both Crocodylus and to caiman, for, in general, the natives do not distinguish between the two.

Neither tortoise nor caiman paid any attention to their presence, but fought on pertinaciously.

The caiman offers a range of option packages, from bristling-with-machine-guns, to monster-truck-field-hospital.

There is another means which the Indians use to capture the caiman.

Peters (1954:10) refuted Gadow's record on the basis that Gadow's collections contained no specimens of caiman.

The jaguar, with his pliable paws and sharp subtle claws, is to them a more dreaded assailant than the crocodile or caiman.

There are natives who dare dive for the caiman and rip it up.

Word Value for caiman
Scrable

10

Words with friends

13

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