cariama \[,c]a`ri*a"ma\ (s[aum]`r[-e]*[.a]"m[.a]), n. [Native name.] (Zool.) A large, long-legged cranelike South American wading bird ({Cariama cristata}, formerly {Dicholophus cristatus}) which preys upon snakes, etc.; it is also called the {seriema}, but that latter name is also applied to another South American bird. See {Seriema}. [1913 Webster +PJC]