Car coupling, or Car coupler, a shackle or other device for connecting the cars in a railway train. [U. S.] -- Dummy car (Railroad), a car containing its own steam power or locomotive. -- Freight car (Railrood), a car for the transportation of merchandise or other goods. [U. S.] -- Hand car (Railroad), a small car propelled by hand, used by railroad laborers, etc. [U. S.] -- Horse car, or Street car, an omnibus car, draw by horses or other power upon rails laid in the streets. [U. S.] -- Palace car, Drawing-room car, Sleeping car, Parlor car, etc. (Railroad), cars especially designed and furnished for the comfort of travelers.
Car"a*bid (?), a. (Zo÷l.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the genus Carabus or family CarabidŠ. -- n. One of the CarabidŠ, a family of active insectivorous beetles.
Car"a*bine (?), n. (Mil.) A carbine.
Car`a*bi*neer" (?), n. A carbineer.
Car"a*boid (?), a. [Carabus + -oid.] (Zo÷l.) Like, or pertaining to the genus Carabus.
||Car"a*bus (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; a horned beetle.] (Zo÷l.) A genus of ground beetles, including numerous species. They devour many injurious insects.
Car"ac (?), n. See Carack.
Car"a*cal (?), n. [F. caracal, fr. Turk garahgootag; garah black + goofag ear.] (Zo÷l.) 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.
Ca`ra*ca"ra (kń`r&adot;kń"r&adot;), n. (Zo÷l.) A south American bird of several species and genera, resembling both the eagles and the vultures. The caracaras act as scavengers, and are also called carrion buzzards.
&fist; The black caracara is Ibycter ater; the chimango is Milvago chimango; the Brazilian is Polyborus Braziliensis.
Car"ack (?), n. [F. caraque (cf. Sp. & Pg. carraca, It. caracca.), LL. carraca, fr. L. carrus wagon; or perh. fr. Ar. qorqūr (pl. qarāqir) a carack.] (Naut.) 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 lay.
Waller.
Car"a*cole (?), n. [F. caracole, caracol, fr. Sp. caracol snail, winding staircase, a wheeling about.]