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AMERICAN |
From America |
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CHACHA |
Ballroom dance from Latin America |
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LLAMA |
Call a man storing wool from South America |
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ICARUS |
Youth winged fatally by one vehicle from America |
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MOYA |
Mud poured out from volcanoes during eruptions; -- so called
in South America. |
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GUARA |
A large-maned wild dog of South America (Canis jubatus) --
named from its cry. |
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DROMATHERIUM |
A small extinct triassic mammal from North Carolina,
the earliest yet found in America. |
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BOBWHITE |
The common quail of North America (Colinus, or Ortyx,
Virginianus); -- so called from its note. |
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CHICKADEE |
A small bird, the blackcap titmouse (Parus
atricapillus), of North America; -- named from its note. |
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URUBU |
The black vulture (Catharista atrata). It ranges from the
Southern United States to South America. See Vulture. |
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CEREUS |
A genus of plants of the Cactus family. They are natives of
America, from California to Chili. |
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FANEGA |
A dry measure in Spain and Spanish America, varying from 1/
to 2/ bushels; also, a measure of land. |
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INDIAN |
One of the aboriginal inhabitants of America; -- so called
originally from the supposed identity of America with India. |
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PARAUQUE |
A bird (Nyctidromus albicollis) ranging from Texas to
South America. It is allied to the night hawk and goatsucker. |
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BOUGAINVILLAEA |
A genus of plants of the order Nyctoginaceae, from
tropical South America, having the flowers surrounded by large bracts. |
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PERNYI MOTH |
A silk-producing moth (Attacus Pernyi) which feeds upon
the oak. It has been introduced into Europe and America from China. |
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ASTEROPHYLLITE |
A fossil plant from the coal formations of Europe
and America, now regarded as the branchlets and foliage of calamites. |
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BULLFROG |
A very large species of frog (Rana Catesbiana), found in
North America; -- so named from its loud bellowing in spring. |
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TOXODON |
A gigantic extinct herbivorous mammal from South America,
having teeth bent like a bow. It is the type of the order Toxodonta. |
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MALLARD |
A large wild duck (Anas boschas) inhabiting both America
and Europe. The domestic duck has descended from this species. Called
also greenhead. |
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AZALEA |
A genus of showy flowering shrubs, mostly natives of China
or of North America; false honeysuckle. The genus is scarcely distinct
from Rhododendron. |
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ACCENTOR |
A genus of European birds (so named from their sweet
notes), including the hedge warbler. In America sometimes applied to
the water thrushes. |
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PAMPERO |
A violent wind from the west or southwest, which sweeps
over the pampas of South America and the adjacent seas, often doing
great damage. |
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REDEMPTIONER |
Formerly, one who, wishing to emigrate from Europe to
America, sold his services for a stipulated time to pay the expenses of
his passage. |
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DAKOTA GROUP |
A subdivision at the base of the cretaceous formation
in Western North America; -- so named from the region where the strata
were first studied. |