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1. axolotl, n. View full entry 1786
...A batrachian reptile (Siredon pisciforme, family Proteidæ) found in Mexican lakes, resembling the salamander in appearance, but, like all the Proteidæ, retaining throughout life the gills of its...
2. cagui, n. View full entry 1753
...A name of two Brazilian monkeys of the genus Hapale....
3. calaba, n. View full entry 1753
...A tropical evergreen tree (Calophyllum calaba) growing in Brazil and the West Indies, from the seeds of which a lamp-oil is obtained; it also yields calaba-balsamcalaba-resin...
4. courbaril, n. View full entry 1753
...The West Indian Locust-tree, Hymenæa courbaril (family Leguminosæ), a common tree of tropical South America; also the resin obtained from it (called also animé)....
5. guariba, n. View full entry 1753
...The Howling Monkey. (Cf. alouatte, araguato)...
6. jacana, n. View full entry 1753
...Any bird of the genus Parra (Jacana) or family Parridæ (Jacanidæ), consisting of grallatorial aquatic birds inhabiting the warmer regions of the world, having...
7. jacaranda, n. View full entry 1753
...Name given to various trees of tropical America yielding fragrant and ornamental wood (called, in common with various other timbers, rosewood); esp. to those of the genus Jacaranda...
8. jacare, n. View full entry 1753
...A South American alligator....
9. † mizquitl, n. View full entry 1753
...= mesquite1a....
10. tapayaxin, n. View full entry 1753
...The orbicular horned lizard, Phrynosoma orbiculare, incorrectly called the horned frog or toad....
