spectacled caiman

1. 1.

   caiman with bony ridges about the eyes; found from southern Mexico to Argentina

   SynonymsCaiman sclerops

   Broadercaiman

Questions about spectacled caiman

What does spectacled caiman mean?

spectacled caiman means "caiman with bony ridges about the eyes; found from southern Mexico to Argentina".

What is another word for spectacled caiman?

Close synonyms include Caiman sclerops. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is spectacled caiman a common word?

spectacled caiman is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.