Caiman
Translingual edit
Etymology edit
From Spanish caimán or Portuguese caimão, probably from Kari'na[1] or perhaps from a Congo language.[2]
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Caiman m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Alligatoridae – caimans.
Hypernyms edit
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Tetrapoda - superclass; Reptilia - class; Crocodylomorpha - superorder; Crocodilia - order; Eusuchia - suborder; Alligatoridae - family; Caimaninae - subfamily
Hyponyms edit
- (genus): Caiman crocodilus (spectacled caiman), Caiman latirostris, Caiman yacare (species)
References edit
Caiman on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Caiman on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Caiman on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- ^ “Caiman”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “Caiman”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
English edit
Proper noun edit
Caiman