In the Southern Cone of South America is a way to call the hen or zopilote. It is also the name given to a granite slab, fractional rough rock. Name of a film directed by Argentine Pablo Trapero (2010).
CARRANCHO: In Argentina, aura, buzzard.
CARRANCHO: Spine of guadua.
CARRANCHO: Encajonante, usually granitic rock decomposed in a thickness of 2 to 4 feet, and carrying gold pyrite and some gold free between the grain and its walls or within the same vein.