Definitions for caracara

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caracara ca·ra·ca·ra

Spelling: [kahr-uh-kahr-uh, kar-uh- Caracara is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 33 anagrams from letters in caracara (aaaaccrr).

Definitions for caracara

noun

1. 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.

Origin of caracara

1830-40; Spanish or Portuguese Tupi; imitative of its cry

Examples for caracara

The caracara will craftily follow the sportsman, and steal away game that is not quickly bagged.

They are usually known in localities where they are found, as caracara Eagles.

The caracara takes little notice, except by bobbing its head.

It will frequently wait, as does the caracara, at the mouth of a rabbit-hole, and seize on the animal when it comes out.

The flight of the caracara is heavy and slow, and it is generally an inactive, tame, and cowardly bird.

The caracara lays two eggs; the nest is generally placed on the ground among brushwood.