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seriema
[ ser-ee-ee-muh, -ey-muh ]
noun
- either of two birds of the family Cariamidae, Cariama cristata, of southern Brazil, or Chunga burmeisteri, of Argentina, having long legs, an erectile crest, a short, broad bill, and limited ability to fly.
seriema
/ ËŒ²õÉ›°ùɪˈ¾±Ë³¾É™ /
noun
- either of two cranelike South American birds, Cariama cristata or Chunga burmeisteri, having a crest just above the bill, rounded wings, and a long tail: family Cariamidae, order Gruiformes (cranes, rails, etc)
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of seriema1
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of seriema1
Example Sentences
In his first book, he ventures to then-British Cameroons; in the second installment, he journeys to Argentina, the land of peccaries, tapirs, seriemas and other fascinating fauna.
Adults of their species range across the color spectrum, from the indigo bunting to the redhead duck, rose-breasted grosbeak and red-legged seriema.
He once struck a seriema, a terrestrial bird that resembles a roadrunner on stilts, and he collided with a parakeet while riding his motorcycle.
Not biting, evidently: the scientists used a bite meter to compare the chomping power of an eagle and of a seriema, a not-very-terrifying modern relative of the extinct bird.
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