seriema

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

seriema
    n 1: Argentinian Cariama [syn: {chunga}, {seriema}, {Chunga
         burmeisteri}]
    2: Brazilian Cariama; sole representative of the genus Cariama
       [syn: {crested cariama}, {seriema}, {Cariama cristata}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Seriema \Ser`i*e"ma\, n. [Native name.] (Zool.)
   either of two large South American birds related to the
   cranes, the {cariama} of Southern Brazil ({Cariama cristata},
   formerly {Dicholophus cristata}) or the {Chunga burmeisteri}
   of Argentina. They have an erectile crest and a short, broad
   bill. They are often domesticated.
   [1913 Webster +PJC]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Cariama \Cariama\ prop. n.
   The type genus of the Cariamidae, consisting only of the
   {Cariama cristata}, also called the {seriema}.

   Syn: genus {Cariama}.
        [WordNet 1.5]

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