How to Use caiman in a Sentence

caiman

noun
  • Bite marks show that large caimans might have tried their luck on this armored giant.
    — Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 3 Apr. 2024
  • All of the hides were from caiman and pythons bred in captivity.
    — Joshua Goodman, Quartz, 22 Apr. 2024
  • And caimans are identifiable by a bridge of bone between their eyes.
    — Marie Fazio, chicagotribune.com, 11 July 2019
  • How and when did caimans first arrive in Florida?
    — Sergio Candido, CBS News, 16 June 2026
  • Or skim around the waterways and look out for birds, turtles, caimans and other wildlife.
    — New York Times, 14 Apr. 2020
  • Their diet consists of birds, fish, small mammals, rodents and even caiman.
    — Allison Futterman, Discover Magazine, 1 Sep. 2022
  • Jaguars and caimans, for example, love snacking on capybaras.
    — Katie Liu, Discover Magazine, 22 Nov. 2023
  • Other scavengers — pumas, ocelots, caiman, and coyotes — were rarely spotted.
    — Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 9 May 2025
  • Also, the caiman, which is an alligator-type creature, wants to eat it.
    — Caroline Mimbs Nyce, The New Yorker, 29 Jan. 2025
  • Even as a kid he was struck by the glitter of sunlight on the backs of caimans and the giant anteaters who sashayed among termite mounds.
    — Megan Spurrell, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Aug. 2025
  • Or the jaguar catching the crocodile (caiman) in the Pantanal.
    — Corey S Powell, Discover Magazine, 8 Apr. 2019
  • The zoo did not say in the post if the reptile was an alligator, crocodile, or caiman.
    — David Aaro, Fox News, 23 Feb. 2022
  • Videos show otters having it out with an alligator, a caiman, even a coyote.
    — Robyn Murrell, Sun Sentinel, 13 Feb. 2023
  • Think catfish bigger than humans, caimans, fish that can jump out of the water to eat bugs, and, of course, anacondas.
    — Jeri Clausing, AFAR Media, 21 Oct. 2025
  • The analysis revealed that two of the extinct species were, like the caiman, carnivorous.
    — The Economist, 28 June 2019
  • With so many caimans in the water, the conditions are not safe for younger kids, who might slip through the handrails and barricades, which are very easy to overcome.
    — Jamie Ditaranto, Travel + Leisure, 9 Sep. 2024
  • One evening, a young man named Francis took us on a walk and found rainbow beetles, scorpions, a possum and a three-foot-long caiman.
    — Toh Gouttenoire, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025
  • In the dry season, wildlife enthusiasts flock to see jaguars lounging on riverbanks, as well as macaws, giant river otters and caiman.
    — Washington Post, 7 Nov. 2019
  • Despite the hazards, the Pororoca is popular with surfers, who don’t mind sharing a wave with a caiman or a piranha.
    — Emily Matchar, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Feb. 2022
  • Andueza was heading out for a slog through a swamp where pit vipers patrol the undergrowth and carnivorous caimans, hidden in dark pools, eye passersby.
    — Daniel Grossman, Scientific American, 5 Feb. 2020
  • The horns would also have been useful defense against predators like 40-foot crocodile-like caimans that were longer than a standard telephone pole is tall.
    — Theresa MacHemer, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Feb. 2020
  • Bait your hook with a bloody ox heart (no need to bring your own; the guide will provide one) and toss any unwanted catch to one of the caimans waiting patiently, usually, on the banks.
    — Deborah Dunn, Town & Country, 29 Apr. 2016
  • The same goes for crocodiles, caimans, any wild cat species like bobcats and lynxes, any wolves or wolf/dog hybrids, or native wild animals like raccoons, skunks and foxes.
    — Natalie Wallington, Kansas City Star, 24 May 2024
  • The area is home to thousands of endangered or unusual species, including jaguars, capybaras, black caimans, giant otters and hyacinth macaws.
    — Aditi Sangal, CNN, 14 June 2024
  • There's no estimate as to the population size of spectacled caimans in Florida.
    — Sergio Candido, CBS News, 16 June 2026
  • The crystal structures in sea turtle and caiman tears were the most distinctive, likely a product of adapting to their aquatic environments.
    — Lauren Kent, CNN, 13 Aug. 2020
  • The Guatemalan guerrilla was created at the beginning of the 1960s, in the mountains, by a ghost and a caiman.
    — Eduardo Halfon, The New York Review of Books, 9 Nov. 2020
  • Nature lovers venture to this remote wilderness area to peep sea turtles, manatees, speckled caimans, and birds while navigating the canals on a canoe.
    — Lindsay Cohn, Travel + Leisure, 6 June 2023
  • The waters surrounding the lodge are densely occupied by black caimans who float about peacefully and sometimes enjoy a rest underneath the floorboards of the lodge.
    — Jamie Ditaranto, Travel + Leisure, 9 Sep. 2024
  • Adult caimans consume a wider variety of prey than younger animals, further increasing their ability to thrive in different habitats.
    — Sergio Candido, CBS News, 16 June 2026

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