FromSpanishcaimán orPortuguesecaimão, probably fromKari'na^[1] or perhaps from a Congo language.^[2]

• enPR:kāmən,IPA^(key): /ˈkeɪmən/
• Rhymes:-eɪmən

Caiman m

1. A taxonomicgenus within thefamilyAlligatoridae –caimans.

• (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

• (genus):Caiman crocodilus (spectacled caiman),Caiman latirostris,Caiman yacare(species)

• Caiman (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Caiman on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Caiman on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Caiman

1. (archaic)Alternative form ofCayman

• Translingual terms derived from Spanish
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• Translingual terms derived from Kari'na
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• Rhymes:English/eɪmən
• Rhymes:English/eɪmən/2 syllables
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