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1. ˈkantikoy | canticoy | kintecoy, n. View full entry 1670
...A dance practised by some of the American Indians on various occasions; a dancing-match. Also transf....
2. Olmec, n. and adj. View full entry 1852
...A member of an American Indian people inhabiting the coast of southern Veracruz and western Tabasco during the 15th and 16th centuries; = Olmeca1. Now hist. and...
3. pemmican, n. View full entry 1743
...Pounded dried meat mixed to a paste with melted fat and sometimes other ingredients, and formed into a cake....
4. pipa, n.1 View full entry 1712
...Any of several aquatic South American toads constituting the genus Pipa (family Pipidae), having a flat body and long webbed feet, the female of which is noted for...
5. Yeibichai, n. View full entry 1887
...A Navajo curative or initiation ceremony performed by masked dancers representing a deity; also, one of the dancers performing the ceremony and the deity so represented (see also quot. 1963)....
