cayman
/kˈeɪmən/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.19 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
adj
Of or related to the Cayman Islands, understood geographically or politically.
name
Synonym of Cayman Islands: Three islands constituting an overseas territory of the United Kingdom in the Caribbean Sea.
Archaic
Example Sentences
- "We were about to follow this advice, when another man, more rash than his comrades, said, 'I'm not afraid of caymans,' and spurred his horse into the stream."
- "With a dull, heavy splash an occasional cayman plunged in from the bank."
- "Surely, when this animal comes, it is to eat us. Thus, we have to sing this hoa. This is how I learned this hoa for caymans. One sings this so he won't be eaten by the caymans."
- "Laguna Tortuguero has some 2,000 caimanes (caymans), a type of alligator indigenous to Central and S America."