| Cape Horn |
a cape on an island that belongs to Chile, at the extreme southern end of South America. |
| capuchin |
a Central or South American monkey with a nearly bare face and a crown of hair that resembles a monk's hood. [1/3 definitions] |
| capybara |
a large tailless South American rodent that lives near water. |
| caracara |
any of several large, long-legged birds, related to hawks and found from the southern United States to South America, that feed on carrion or live prey. |
| Carib |
a member of a group of Indian peoples of the northeast South American coast and the Antilles. [1/2 definitions] |
| Caribbean Sea |
an extension of the Atlantic bordered by the West Indies and Central and South America. |
| cavy |
any of a number of tailless or short-tailed rodents originally of South America, including the guinea pig, capybara, and agouti. |
| Central America |
an extension of the North American continent from the Mexican border to South America, comprising seven countries. |
| cereus |
any of various tall cacti growing in tropical North and South America and the western United States. |
| chicha |
a beer of Central and South America made from fermented corn or fruit. |
| Chile |
a South American country on the Pacific coast south of Peru. |
| chinchilla |
a small South American rodent that resembles a squirrel. [1/4 definitions] |
| cinchona |
any of various trees and shrubs native to South America and grown also in Asia, whose bark contains medicinal substances such as quinine. [1/2 definitions] |
| coati |
a small tree-dwelling mammal, related to the raccoon, with a flexible snout and long ringed tail, found in Mexico and Central and South America. |
| Colombia |
a South American country between Venezuela and the Pacific Ocean. |
| cougar |
a large tan wild cat of North and South America; mountain lion; puma. |
| coypu |
a large, beaverlike water animal of South America. |
| Creole |
a person of European descent, esp. French or Spanish, born in Central or South America, the West Indies, or the United States Gulf region. [1/6 definitions] |
| curare |
a resinous extract of certain South American plants, used as an arrow poison or as a drug for relaxing muscles. [2 definitions] |
| Ecuador |
a South American country on the Pacific coast between Colombia and Peru. |
| El Dorado |
a legendary South American destination of early Spanish explorers seeking gold and riches. [1/2 definitions] |