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SERIEMA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Brazilian Cariama; sole representative of the genus Cariama

Synonyms:

Cariama cristata; crested cariama; seriema

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("seriema" is a kind of...):

wader; wading bird (any of many long-legged birds that wade in water in search of food)

Holonyms ("seriema" is a member of...):

Cariama; genus Cariama (the type genus of the Cariamidae comprising only the crested cariama)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Argentinian Cariama

Synonyms:

chunga; Chunga burmeisteri; seriema

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("seriema" is a kind of...):

wader; wading bird (any of many long-legged birds that wade in water in search of food)

Holonyms ("seriema" is a member of...):

genus Chunga (a genus of Cariamidae)

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