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A lynx (Felis, or Lynx, caracal.) It is a native of Africa and Asia. Its ears are black externally, and tipped with long black hairs.

ican bird of several species and genera, resembling both the eagles and the vultures. The caracaras act as scavengers, and are also called carrion buzzards.

A kind of large ship formerly used by the Spaniards and Portuguese in the East India trade; a galleon. [Spelt also carrack.] The bigger whale like some huge carrack law. Waller.

A staircase in a spiral form. En caracole ( Etym: [F.], spiral; -- said of a staircase.

An alloy of gold, silver, and copper, of which an inferior quality of jewerly is made.

A light vessel or proa used by the people of Borneo, etc., and by the Dutch in the East Indies.

Var. of Karakul, a kind of fur.

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A carack. See Carack. Carrick bend (Naut.), a kind of knot, used for bending together hawsers or other ropes. -- Carrick bitts (Naut.), the bitts which support the windlass. Totten.

ral species and genera (as Ibycter, Milvago, and Polyborus), which act as scavengers. See Caracara. -- Carrion crow, the common European crow (Corvus corone) which feeds on carrion, insects, fruits, and seeds.

A carack. [Obs.] Chaucer.

A south American carrion buzzard (Milvago chimango). See Caracara.

Astrakhan, esp. in fine grades. Cf. Caracul.

trefoil, snail medic, and beehive. -- Snail flower (Bot.), a leguminous plant (Phaseolus Caracalla) having the keel of the carolla spirally coiled like a snail shell. -- Snail shell (Zoöl.), the shell of snail. -- Snail trefoil. (Bot.) See Snail clover, above.