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1. achiote, n. View full entry 1648
...A tropical American shrub, Bixa orellana (family Bixaceae), bearing bright red fruit containing red seeds from which a dye is obtained (see sense 2)....
2. Adirondack, n. and adj. View full entry 1699
...A member of the Algonquin people formerly living along the Ottawa River and its tributaries, in Ontario and Quebec. Also occas. with the and pl. concord: this people...
3. anatta | anatto, n. View full entry 1667
...An orange-red dye, procured in Central America from the waxy pulp surrounding the seeds of the Bixa orellana; used in dyeing, and for colouring cheese....
4. † boyuna, n. View full entry 1625
...A large black South American snake (not identified)....
5. Cherokee, n. and adj. View full entry 1674
...(A member of) an Iroquoian North American Indian people formerly inhabiting a large portion of the southern United States....
6. Chickasaw, n. View full entry 1674
...A member of a Muskogean North American Indian people formerly resident in Mississippi and in Alabama, but subsequently in Oklahoma....
7. coaita, n. View full entry 1667
...The Red-faced Spider-monkey (Ateles paniscus) found in the woods of tropical South America, about 18 inches long, covered with long coarse hair of a glossy black. Also applied to other...
8. coati, n. View full entry 1676
...An American plantigrade carnivorous mammal of the genus Nasua (family Ursidæ), somewhat resembling the Civet and the Racoon, with a remarkably elongated flexible snout. ...
9. colin, n. View full entry 1678
...The American quail or partridge; also called bob-white; in pl. the various species of the sub-family Odontophorinæ or Ortyginæ, to which this belongs....
10. curucui, n. View full entry 1678
...A bird (Trogon curucui) found in Brazil and other parts of South America....
11. genipap, n. View full entry 1613
...The fruit of Genipa americana....
12. guaca, n. View full entry 1604
...A general term for objects connected with the religious worship of the Incas, as idols, temples, grave-mounds, etc....
13. guanaco, n. View full entry 1604
...A South American mammal, Auchenia huanaco, a kind of wild llama producing a reddish brown wool....
14. guarauna, n. View full entry 1678
...A bird of the genus Aramus; the courlan or limpkin....
15. hicatee | hiccatee, n. View full entry 1697
...A fresh-water tortoise, Chrysemis rugosa, found in the Antilles....
16. hoactzin | hoatzin, n. View full entry 1661
...A remarkable bird, Opisthocomus hoazin, or O. cristatus, native of tropical America, considered to be the type and sole member of a group named by Huxley Heteromorphæ...
17. hominy, n. View full entry 1629
...Maize or Indian corn hulled and ground more or less coarsely and prepared for food by being boiled with water or milk....
18. jaguar, n. View full entry 1604
...A large carnivorous quadruped of the cat kind (Felis onca), inhabiting wooded parts of America from Texas to Paraguay. It is yellowish-brown in colour, and is marked with ocellated spots....
19. jararaca, n. View full entry 1613
...A venomous serpent of Brazil (Bothrops Jararaca) of the family Crotalidæ....
20. jiboya, n. View full entry 1613
...A Brazilian name of the great boa, also called boiguaçú....
