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# caracara

«caracara» in Mova's school dictionary: **A large bird of prey from the Americas, related to…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a caracara, caracaras)

### meaning for a pupil

A large bird of prey from the Americas, related to falcons, with long legs and often a bare red or orange face; it walks on the ground and eats dead animals as well as live prey. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/caracara/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In science lessons on birds of prey and food chains, caracaras are scavengers and hunters. Pronounced kar-ah-KAR-ah.

### examples

- The caracara was eating a dead fish on the beach. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/caracara/#x1)
- A crested caracara has a black cap and red face. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/caracara/#x2)
- Caracaras walk on the ground more than other falcons. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/caracara/#x3)
- We saw a caracara in Florida. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/caracara/#x4)
- The caracara is a clever bird. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/caracara/#x5)

### note

Countable. Despite its looks it is a kind of falcon, not an eagle or vulture.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «caracara» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/caracara/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.