caiman

English Thesaurus

1. a semiaquatic reptile of Central and South America that resembles an alligator but has a more heavily armored belly (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	crocodilian, crocodilian reptile,
definition	:	extant archosaurian reptile (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	caiman sclerops, spectacled caiman,
definition	:	caiman with bony ridges about the eyes; found from southern Mexico to Argentina (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	genus caiman,
definition	:	caimans (noun.animal)