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1. boiguacu, n. View full entry 1774
...A native Brazilian name of the Boa Constrictor or other large boa....
2. capybara, n. View full entry 1774
...The largest extant rodent quadruped (Hydrochœrus capybara), nearly allied to the Guinea-pig; it lives about the rivers of tropical S. America. Cf. cabiai...
3. conepatl, n. View full entry 1774
...An American skunk (genus Conepātus, J. E. Gray, 1837)....
4. jabiru, n. View full entry 1774
...A large wading bird of tropical and subtropical America (Mycteria americana), of the stork family. Also applied to the allied Xenorhynchus australis, X. indicus, and ...
5. sai, n.1 View full entry 1774
...A South American monkey, Simia capucina L....
6. tapir, n. View full entry 1774
...An ungulate mammal of tropical America of the genus Tapirus or family Tapiridæ, somewhat resembling the swine (but more nearly related to the rhinoceros), having a short flexible...
7. unau, n. View full entry 1774
...The South American two-toed sloth, Cholopus didactylus. ...
