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1. calisaya, n. View full entry 1837
...the most valuable sort of Peruvian bark, obtained from Cinchona calisaya....
2. cawquaw, n. View full entry 1840
...The Urson or Canadian Porcupine Erethizon dorsatum, whose spines are used by the Indians as ornaments....
3. guazu, n. View full entry 1837
...The South American marsh-deer, Blastoceros dichotomus. Also guazapuco, guazu-bira, guazu-pita, etc. (formerly regarded as comprising more than one species; see quots.)....
4. guazuti, n. View full entry 1837
...The brown and white South American pampas deer, Ozotoceros (or Blastoceros) bezoarticus....
5. † poyou, n. View full entry 1834
...The yellow or six-banded armadillo, Euphractus sexcinctus (family Dasypodidae), of South America....
