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US
/ˈkeɪmən/
]
[ UK /kˈeɪmən/ ]
[ UK /kˈeɪmən/ ]
NOUN
- a semiaquatic reptile of Central and South America that resembles an alligator but has a more heavily armored belly
How To Use cayman In A Sentence
- There is the alligator of the Mississippi -- which is the "caiman" or "cayman" of the Spanish Americans; there is the spectacled alligator (_Alligator sclerops_), a southern species, so called from a pair of rings around its eyes having a resemblance to spectacles; and there is a still smaller species called the "bava," which is found in Lake Valencia, and in many South American rivers. The Forest Exiles The Perils of a Peruvian Family in the Wilds of the Amazon
- The 4ft long Cayman crocs were in a tank in the house.
- Water was waist-high in one spot a half mile inland on Grand Cayman, the largest of the islands and an important offshore finance centre.
- I've known about the term deadbeat dad for four years; it's nice to know that someone else in the Cayman Islands is reading about the laws in other countries. Cayman Net News Daily Headlines
- With pure madness and natural disasters overtaking the entire planet, how could I believe that the Cayman Islands would remain unscathed?
- The weekly route calls at Belize, Costa Maya, Grand Cayman, and Cozumel.
- One of these pets is a cayman, "part alligator, part crocodile". Tiger, Tiger: What is the point of reading this memoir of abuse?
- The islands print their own currency, the Cayman Islands Dollar (KYD), which is pegged to the US dollar at a fixed rate of 1 KYD = $1.25. Rediff.com
- The only way that they could conceivably add more Republicans to Florida without violating Florida's own fair redistricting standards would be to redistrict into Bermuda and the Cayman Islands," Israel joked. 'Fairness' in Florida and how it could help Democrats
- It can decide that a largely unregulated bank based in Luxembourg is a suitable parent for a Canadian subsidiary, but that one based in the Cayman Islands is not -- at least for the moment. Different Drummers