çariama /(sä`rē̇*ȧ"mȧ)/

ça·ri·a·ma

çariama

n.
  1. A large, long-legged cranelike South American wading bird (Cariama cristata, formerly Dicholophus cristatus) which preys upon snakes, etc.; it is also called the seriema, but that latter name is also applied to another South American bird. See Seriema. (Zool.)