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nounany of various long-legged carrion-eating hawks of South America and Central Americatype of:
Definition that contains caracara
- order falconiformes chiefly diurnal carnivorous birds having hooked beaks and long talons with opposable hind toe: falcons; hawks; eagles; ospreys; caracaras; vultures
- polyborus plancus South American caracara
- carancha South American caracara
- falconiformes chiefly diurnal carnivorous birds having hooked beaks and long talons with opposable hind toe: falcons; hawks; eagles; ospreys; caracaras; vultures