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cahier
Cahokia Mounds
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Caicos Islands
caiman
Cain
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caiman

cai·man [ káymən ] (plural cai·mans or cai·man) or cay·man [ káymən ] (plural cay·mans or cay·man)


noun 
Definition:
 
reptile resembling alligator: a reptile related to the alligator but smaller and slimmer and with a proportionally longer tail. Native to: tropical America.  Genus Caiman.

[Late 16th century. Via Spanish< Carib caymán]
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