jacare

It breeds good fish; the manatus is common, people talk of fresh-water sharks, and the jacare (crocodile) is fatal to many a pig even in the village.

Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo 2003

It was a jacare-tinga or small cayman about five feet long.

Through the Brazilian Wilderness Theodore Roosevelt 1888

At the first shallow ford, as horses and dogs splashed across, an alligator, the jacare-tinga, some five feet long, floated unconcernedly among the splashing hoofs and paws; evidently at night it did not fear us.

Through the Brazilian Wilderness Theodore Roosevelt 1888

The ibis and plover did not pay any heed to the fish; but the black carrion vultures feasted on them in the mud; and in the pools that were not dry small alligators, the jacare-tinga, were feasting also.

Through the Brazilian Wilderness Theodore Roosevelt 1888

In this country they rambled through the night across the marshes and prowled along the edges of the ponds and bayous, catching the capybaras and the caymans; for these small pond caymans, the jacare-tinga, form part of their habitual food, and

Through the Brazilian Wilderness Theodore Roosevelt 1888

Different members of the party caught many fish, and shot a monkey and a couple of jacare-tinga birds kin to a turkey, but the size of a fowl -- so we again had a camp of plenty.

Through the Brazilian Wilderness Theodore Roosevelt 1888

In another little pond a jacare-tinga showed no less anger when another of my companions approached.

Through the Brazilian Wilderness Theodore Roosevelt 1888

Near the first of these we saw a small cayman, a jacare-tinga.

Through the Brazilian Wilderness Theodore Roosevelt 1888

It breeds good fish; the manatus is common, people talk of fresh-water sharks, and the jacare (crocodile) is fatal to many a pig even in the village.

Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 2 Richard Francis Burton 1855

But for all that, the poor chiguires would not be certain of safety; for even in the water they might encounter another enemy, equally formidable and cruel, in the gigantic _jacare_ -- the crocodile of the Amazonian waters.

Bruin The Grand Bear Hunt Mayne Reid 1850