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Noun: caracara  ,ka-ru'ke-ru [N. Amer], ,ka-ru'kaa-ru [Brit]
  1. Any of various long-legged carrion-eating hawks of South America and Central America
    "The caracara scavenged alongside vultures at the carcass"

Derived forms: caracaras

Type of: falcon

Encyclopedia: Caracara