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1. curiara, n. View full entry 1910
...The name in Venezuela and Colombia for a dug-out canoe....
2. Hoochinoo, n. View full entry 1877
...A member of a small Indian people found in Admiralty Island, Alaska. Also attrib. or as In pl., this people....
3. menhaden, n. View full entry 1792
...Any of several deep-bodied herring-like fishes of the genus Brevoortia (family Clupeidae), esp. B. tyrannus, which are found on the Atlantic coast of North America and...
4. saouari | souari, n. View full entry 1806
...saouari nut, the ‘butter-nut’ of Caryocar nuciferum and C. tomentosum, lofty trees of Guyana. saouari wood, the hard durable timber of these trees, used for...
5. skunk, n. View full entry 1634
...A North American animal of the weasel kind, Mephitis mephitica, noted for emitting a very offensive odour when attacked or killed....
6. tomahawk, n. View full entry 1634
...The axe of the North American Indians, used as a weapon of war and the chase, and also as a tool and agricultural implement; in English use the word is usually applied...
7. wanigan, n. View full entry 1848
...A receptacle for small supplies or a reserve stock; esp., a boat or a chest containing outfit supplies for a lumber camp....
8. Winnebago, n. (and adj.) View full entry 1766
...(A member of) a Siouan people of eastern Wisconsin....
