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Caracal
Caracal Car"a*cal, n. [F. caracal, fr. Turk garahgootag; garah black + goofag ear.] (Zo["o]l.) A lynx (Felis, or Lynx, caracal.) It is a native of Africa and Asia. Its ears are black externally, and tipped with long black hairs.
Caracara
Caracara Ca`ra*ca"ra (k[aum]`r[.a]k[aum]"r[.a]), n. (Zo["o]l.) A south American bird of several species and genera, resembling both the eagles and the vultures. The caracaras act as scavengers, and are also called carrion buzzards. Note: The black caracara is Ibycter ater; the chimango is Milvago chimango; the Brazilian is Polyborus Braziliensis.
Felis or Lynx caracal
Caracal Car"a*cal, n. [F. caracal, fr. Turk garahgootag; garah black + goofag ear.] (Zo["o]l.) A lynx (Felis, or Lynx, caracal.) It is a native of Africa and Asia. Its ears are black externally, and tipped with long black hairs.
Phaseolus Caracalla
Snail Snail (sn[=a]l), n. [OE. snaile, AS. sn[ae]gel, snegel, sn[ae]gl; akin to G. schnecke, OHG. snecko, Dan. snegl, Icel. snigill.] 1. (Zo["o]l.) (a) Any one of numerous species of terrestrial air-breathing gastropods belonging to the genus Helix and many allied genera of the family Helicid[ae]. They are abundant in nearly all parts of the world except the arctic regions, and feed almost entirely on vegetation; a land snail. (b) Any gastropod having a general resemblance to the true snails, including fresh-water and marine species. See Pond snail, under Pond, and Sea snail. 2. Hence, a drone; a slow-moving person or thing. 3. (Mech.) A spiral cam, or a flat piece of metal of spirally curved outline, used for giving motion to, or changing the position of, another part, as the hammer tail of a striking clock. 4. A tortoise; in ancient warfare, a movable roof or shed to protect besiegers; a testudo. [Obs.] They had also all manner of gynes [engines] . . . that needful is [in] taking or sieging of castle or of city, as snails, that was naught else but hollow pavises and targets, under the which men, when they fought, were heled [protected], . . . as the snail is in his house; therefore they cleped them snails. --Vegetius (Trans.). 5. (Bot.) The pod of the sanil clover. Ear snail, Edible snail, Pond snail, etc. See under Ear, Edible, etc. Snail borer (Zo["o]l.), a boring univalve mollusk; a drill. Snail clover (Bot.), a cloverlike plant (Medicago scuttellata, also, M. Helix); -- so named from its pods, which resemble the shells of snails; -- called also snail trefoil, snail medic, and beehive. Snail flower (Bot.), a leguminous plant (Phaseolus Caracalla) having the keel of the carolla spirally coiled like a snail shell. Snail shell (Zo["o]l.), the shell of snail. Snail trefoil. (Bot.) See Snail clover, above.

Meaning of Caraca from wikipedia

- Caraca may refer to: Caraça (born 1932), Portuguese footballer Roman-era city of moot location in Hispania Tarraconensis, variously identified with current-day...
- António Joaquim Caraça, known as Caraça (born 7 February 1932) is a former Portuguese football player. He pla**** 13 seasons and 272 games in the Primeira...
- Çərəcə (also, Charadzha, Chardzha, and Charedzha) is a village and muni****lity in the Goychay Rayon of Azerbaijan. It has a po****tion of 985. The muni****lity...
- Euryestola caraca is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Galileo and Martins in 1997. It is known from Brazil. BioLib.cz...
- Puanama caraca is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Galileo and Martins in 1995. It is known from Brazil. BioLib.cz -...
- Men Church Portuguese: Igreja Nossa Senhora Mãe dos Homens, part of the Caraça Sanctuary, is a Catholic temple in Catas Altas, Minas Gerais, Brazil. The...
- Bento de Jesus Caraça, GCSE, GOL (18 April 1901 – 25 June 1948) was an influential Portuguese mathematician, economist and statistician. Caraça was also a...
- existence of several caves in the Serra do Caraça. About this place, it is said that in 1922 the priests of the Caraça College had discovered at the Inficionado...
- convinced him instead to visit the biodiverse Caraça Mountains [pt], north of Ouro Branco. It was here that the Caraça sanctuary [pt] was located, a monastery...
- Brazil, particularly around the Serra do Caraça [pt] at the Parque Natural do Caraça near the Santuário do Caraça monastery. It grows primarily on siliceous...