caribe | (noun) small voraciously carnivorous freshwater fishes of South America that attack and destroy living animals | Synonyms: pirana, piranha |
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caribou | (noun) Arctic deer with large antlers in both sexes; called `reindeer' in Eurasia and `caribou' in North America | Synonyms: Greenland caribou, Rangifer tarandus, reindeer |
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caricature | (noun) a representation of a person that is exaggerated for comic effect | Synonyms: imitation, impersonation |
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caricaturist | (noun) someone who parodies in an exaggerated manner | - |
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caries | (noun) soft decayed area in a tooth; progressive decay can lead to the death of a tooth | Synonyms: cavity, dental caries, tooth decay |
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carillon | (noun) playing a set of bells that are (usually) hung in a tower | Synonyms: bell ringing, carillon playing |
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(noun) set of bells hung in a bell tower | - |
carillonneur | (noun) a musician who plays a carillon | - |
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carina | (noun) any of various keel-shaped structures or ridges such as that on the breastbone of a bird or that formed by the fused petals of a pea blossom | - |
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carinate | (noun) birds having keeled breastbones for attachment of flight muscles | Synonyms: carinate bird, flying bird |
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caring | (noun) a loving feeling | Synonyms: lovingness |
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carioca | (noun) a lively ballroom dance that resembles the samba | - |
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(noun) music composed for dancing the carioca | - |
carissa | (noun) a shrub of the genus Carissa having fragrant white flowers and plumlike red to purple-black fruits | - |
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