cai·man also cay·man (kāmən)
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Tweet n. pl. cai·mans also cay·mans Any of various tropical American crocodilians of the genus Caiman and related genera of the family Alligatoridae, differing from the alligators in having bony plates on the belly. [Spanish caimán, from Carib acayuman.] |
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