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1. Ahousaht, adj. and n. View full entry 1791
...Of, belonging to, or designating the Ahousaht, the principal group of Nuu-chah-nulth (see Nuu-chah-nulth) living around Clayoquot Sound on the west coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada....
2. anhinga, n. View full entry 1769
...Any bird of the genus Anhinga, esp. the American snake-bird, A. anhinga....
3. atamasco lily, n. View full entry 1743
...A plant, Zephyranthes atamasco, of the south-eastern U.S., bearing a single lily-like flower....
4. atole, n. View full entry 1716
...A kind of corn or other meal; gruel or porridge made of this....
5. 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...
6. boiguacu, n. View full entry 1774
...A native Brazilian name of the Boa Constrictor or other large boa....
7. busk, n.4 View full entry 1736
...The Green Corn Ceremony of the Creek people, held before the new maize crop is first eaten. Cf. green corn ceremonygreen corn....
8. cagui, n. View full entry 1753
...A name of two Brazilian monkeys of the genus Hapale....
9. 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...
10. 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...
11. caracoli, n. View full entry ?a1753
...A mixed metal or alloy formerly used by the natives of the Caribee Islands, and imitated by Europeans by mixing 6 parts of silver, 3 of copper, and 1 of gold. Chambers...
12. cassiri, n. View full entry 1796
...An intoxicating liquor made in Guyana from fermented sweet potatoes....
13. Cayuga, n. View full entry 1744
...One of the five (later six) tribes of the Iroquoian confederation of North American Indians; a member of this tribe. Also attrib....
14. charqui, n. View full entry 1758
...Beef prepared for keeping by cutting into thin slices and drying in the wind and sun; ‘jerked’ beef (the latter being a corruption of this word)....
15. cherimoya, n. View full entry 1736
...A small tree (Anona cherimolia), a native of Peru, with sweet-scented greenish flowers....
16. chicha, n. View full entry 1772
...A fermented liquor made from maize and other plants by the indigenous peoples of South America....
17. chocho, n. View full entry 1756
...Name in the British West Indies of a cucurbitaceous plant (Sechium edule), cultivated for its wholesome succulent fruit. ...
18. Choctaw, n. View full entry 1722
...A Muskogean North American Indian people, originally inhabiting Mississippi and Alabama; a member of this people. Also attrib. or as ...
19. cocorite, n. View full entry 1796
...In full cocorite palm: a small South American palm, Maximiliana regia....
20. conepatl, n. View full entry 1774
...An American skunk (genus Conepātus, J. E. Gray, 1837)....
