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||Ça`ri*a"ma (sä`r&esl;*&adot;"m&adot;),
n. [Native name.] (Zoöl.) A
large, long-legged South American bird (Dicholophus
cristatus) which preys upon snakes, etc. See
Seriema.

Car"ib (?), n.; pl.
Caries. [See Cannibal.] (Ethol.)
A native of the Caribbee islands or the coasts of the
Caribbean sea; esp., one of a tribe of Indians inhabiting a
region of South America, north of the Amazon, and formerly most
of the West India islands.

{ Car`ib*be"an (?), Car`ib*bee (?), }
a. Of or pertaining to the Caribs, to
their islands (the eastern and southern West Indies), or to the
sea (called the Caribbean sea) lying between those islands and
Central America.

Car"ib*bee, n. A
Carib.

||Ca*ri"be (?), n. [Sp. a
cannibal.] (Zoöl). A south American fresh water
fish of the genus Serrasalmo of many species, remarkable
for its voracity. When numerous they attack man or beast, often
with fatal results.


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