rough-backed caiman
noun
The smooth-fronted caiman, Paleosuchus trigonatus, a small alligator found in the Amazon basin.
Origin
Late 19th century.
- casting
- casting couch
- casting director
- casting vote
- cast iron
- castle
- Castlebar
- Castle, Barbara
- castled
- Castlereagh, Viscount
- castles in the air (or in Spain)
- cast light on
- cast lots
- castmate
- cast net
- cast-off
- cast off (or cast something off)
- cast one's bread upon the waters
- cast one's eyes over
- cast one's mind back
- cast on (or cast something on)
- castor
- castor bean
- castor bean tick
- castor oil