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1. carpincho, n. View full entry 1839
...A local name in South America for the capybara....
2. cayuse, n. View full entry 1841
...‘A common Indian pony’ (Scribner's Mag. II. 510). Also, any horse (N. Amer.colloq.)....
3. Klamath, n. and adj. View full entry 1826
...A Penutian Indian people of the Oregon-California border; a member of this people; also, their language....
4. maninose, n. View full entry 1677
...The soft-shelled clam, Mya arenaria. Cf. mano...
5. moonack, n. View full entry 1666
...The woodchuck, Marmota monax....
6. moose, n.2 View full entry 1614
...The elk, Alces alces....
7. mungofa, n. View full entry 1789
...The gopher tortoise, Gopherus polyphemus....
8. netop, n. View full entry 1643
...A friend, a close companion. Freq. used in salutation to an American Indian by early colonists....
9. persimmon, n. and adj. View full entry 1612
...The edible plumlike fruit of the North American tree Diospyros virginiana (the persimmon tree: see sense A. 2a), a large yellow or orange berry which is usually very...
10. pocosin, n. View full entry 1634
...In the south-eastern United States: a marsh, a swamp; esp. an area of low, swampy, wooded ground in an upland coastal region....
11. pokelogan, n. View full entry 1848
...A stagnant backwater; a swamp adjacent to a river, lake, etc. Also fig....
12. pone, n.2 View full entry 1634
...U.S.regional (chiefly south. and south Midland). Originally: a North American Indian bread made of maize flour in thin loaves and cooked in hot ashes (now ...
13. potlatch, n. View full entry 1844
...Among certain North American Indian peoples of the north-west coast: a gift, a present. Obs.rare....
14. powwow, n. View full entry 1624
...Among North American Indians: a priest, shaman, or healer....
15. quahog, n. View full entry 1781
...A large, rounded, edible clam, Mercenaria (formerly Venus) mercenaria (family Veneridae), of the Atlantic coast of North America. Also called hard clam,...
16. raccoon, n. View full entry 1608
...The dressed skin of the raccoon (see sense 2); (occas.) a single dressed raccoon skin....
17. tuckahoe, n. View full entry 1612
...A name applied by North American Indians (esp. of Virginia) to edible roots of various plants: see Report of Smithsonian Inst.1881, pp. 687–701....
