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seriema

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ser=i=e=ma

CIDE DICTIONARY

serieman. [Native name.].
     either of two large South American birds related to the cranes, the cariama of Southern Brazil (Cariama cristata, formerly Dicholophus cristata) or the Chunga burmeisteri of Argentina. They have an erectile crest and a short, broad bill. They are often domesticated.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

seriema, n. (also cariama) Zool. any S. American bird of the family Cariamidae, having a long neck and legs and a crest above the bill.

Etymology
mod.L f. Tupi siriema etc. crested

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