Usually means: Small, crocodilian reptile, Central-South America.
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  1. caiman: Merriam-Webster
  2. Caiman, caiman: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. caiman: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. caiman: Collins English Dictionary
  5. caiman: Vocabulary.com
  6. Caiman, caiman: Wordnik
  7. caiman: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. caiman: Wiktionary
  9. caiman: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. caiman (cayman): The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. caiman: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Caiman, caiman: Dictionary.com
  13. caiman: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. Caiman (disambiguation), Caiman (genus), Caiman, The Caiman: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Caiman: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. caiman: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. caiman: Rhymezone
  18. Caiman, caimn: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. caiman: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. caiman: FreeDictionary.org
  21. caiman: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. caiman: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. caiman: Medical dictionary

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  1. caiman: LITTLE EXPLORERS(TM) Picture Dictionary

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  1. caiman: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Caiman)

noun:  (strictly) Any of the relatively small crocodilians of the genus Caiman, within the family Alligatoridae.
noun:  (loosely) A crocodilian of the subfamily Caimaninae, which includes the very large black caiman.
noun:  A semi-aquatic lizard, of the genus Dracaena, found in South America. To differentiate from caimans, they are referred to as caiman lizards.
noun:  (archaic) Alternative form of Cayman [(archaic) Synonym of Cayman Islands, a British overseas dependency in the Caribbean Sea.]

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