Carib definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: a member ... peoples of northeastern South America and the Lesser Antilles [syn: Carib, Carib Indian] 2: the family of languages spoken by the Carib [syn: Carib, Caribbean language] Merriam Webster's noun Etymology: New Latin Caribes ... people. Etymology: Sp. Caribe f. Haitian Webster's 1913 Dictionary Carib Car"ib, n.; pl. Caries. [See Cannibal.] (Ethol.) A ...
carib wood definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: small ... large crimson flowers before the fine pinnate foliage emerges [syn: carib wood, Sabinea carinalis]
... Garifuna garífuna, a self-designation; akin to Taino caribe, caribi Carib, Island Carib (Arawakan language of the Lesser Antilles) Callípona, a self-designation, Guianan Carib kari?na Carib, person Date: 1977 a member of a people of African ... the Caribbean coast of northern Central America — called also Black Carib; also the Arawakan language containing many Cariban elements spoken by ...
... manatus] Merriam Webster's noun Etymology: Spanish manatí, probably of Carib origin; akin to Antillean Carib manattoüi manatee Date: 1555 any of a genus (Trichechus of ... hind limbs, and a powerful tail. Etymology: Sp. manati f. Carib manattou{iuml} Webster's 1913 Dictionary Manatee Man`a*tee ...
... anthropophagus, anthropophagite] Merriam Webster's noun Etymology: New Latin Canibalis Carib, from Spanish Caníbal, from Taino Caniba, of Cariban origin; akin to Carib kari?na Carib, person Date: 1553 one that eats the flesh of its ...
... noun (plural -ries) Etymology: of Cariban origin; akin to Suriname Carib paki:ra peccary Date: 1697 any of several largely nocturnal ... the family Tayassuidae, esp. Tayassu tajacu and T. pecari. Etymology: Carib pakira Webster's 1913 Dictionary Peccary Pec"ca*ry, n ...
... who remained in office for 15 years. Some 3,000 Carib Indians still living on Dominica are the only pre-Columbian ... the Windward Islands that was once a stronghold of the Carib Indians Merriam Webster's geographical name island British West Indies ...
... Iguana iguana] Merriam Webster's noun Etymology: Spanish, from Arawak & Carib iwana Date: 1555 any of various large chiefly herbivorous usually ... having a dorsal crest and throat appendages. Etymology: Sp. f. Carib iwana Webster's 1913 Dictionary Iguana I*gua"na, n ...
... Webster's also curari noun Etymology: Portuguese & Spanish curare, from Carib kurari Date: 1777 a dried aqueous extract especially of a ... and formerly used as a muscle relaxant in surgery. Etymology: Carib Webster's 1913 Dictionary Curare Cu*ra"re Curari Cu ...
... a high wind. Etymology: Sp. huracan & Port. furac|.o of Carib orig. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Hurricane Hur"ri*cane, n. [Sp. hurracan; orig. a Carib word signifying, a high wind.] A violent storm, characterized by ...
... tree, Manilkara bidentata] Merriam Webster's noun Etymology: Spanish, from Carib Date: 1860 the dried latex of a tropical American tree ... used as a substitute for gutta-percha. Etymology: ult. f. Carib Webster's 1913 Dictionary Balata Bal"a*ta, n. [Sp ...