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Definition of: caiman
(kā′mən) noun plural ·mans
A tropical American crocodilian (genus Caiman) closely related to the alligator, as the spectacled caiman (C. sclerops), having prominent ridges above the upper eyelid. Also spelled cayman. [<Sp., probably <a Carib word]
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