abaca | (noun) Philippine banana tree having leafstalks that yield Manila hemp used for rope and paper etc | Synonyms: Manila hemp, Musa textilis |
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(noun) a kind of hemp obtained from the abaca plant in the Philippines | Synonyms: Manila hemp, Manilla hemp |
alpaca | (noun) domesticated llama with long silky fleece; believed to be a domesticated variety of the guanaco | Synonyms: Lama pacos |
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(noun) a thin glossy fabric made of the wool of the Lama pacos, or made of a rayon or cotton imitation of that wool | - |
(noun) wool of the alpaca | - |
chachalaca | (noun) slender arboreal guan resembling a wild turkey; native to Central America and Mexico; highly regarded as game birds | - |
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cloaca | (noun) a waste pipe that carries away sewage or surface water | Synonyms: sewer, sewerage |
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(noun) (zoology) the cavity (in birds, reptiles, amphibians, most fish, and monotremes but not other mammals) at the end of the digestive tract into which the intestinal, genital, and urinary tracts open | - |
maraca | (noun) a percussion instrument consisting of a hollow gourd containing pebbles or beans; often played in pairs | - |
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paca | (noun) large burrowing rodent of South America and Central America; highly esteemed as food | Synonyms: Cuniculus paca |
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pataca | (noun) the basic unit of money in Macao | - |
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portulaca | (noun) a plant of the genus Portulaca having pink or red or purple or white ephemeral flowers | - |
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