Apaporis

[ ap-uh-pawr-is; Spanish ah-pah-po-rees ]

noun

1. a river in S central Colombia, in the Amazon system, flowing SE to the Japurá River. 500 miles (805 km) long.

Example Sentences

That helped them sketch out a search plan that followed the Apaporis River.

From Seattle Times

Skulls from Medem's expedition made their way to the United States; the Cincinnati Zoo even hosted a live Rio Apaporis caiman until 1987.

From Salon

But around a year ago and within months of each other, two young men came to the lagoons and riverbanks of this basin with the same goal: to re-discover the Rio Apaporis caiman.

From Salon

He was the first researcher to describe the creature, with its long snout and yellow hue, now known as Caiman crocodilus apaporiensis or the Rio Apaporis caiman.

From Salon

It was at that time that the international scientific community started to wonder: Was the Apaporis Caiman still there?

From Salon