gibnut
Syllables: gib·nut/ˈɡɪbnʌt/US/ˈɡɪbˌnʌt/
gibnut noun: a paca (“a large rodent of the genus Cuniculus native to Central America and South America, which has dark brown or black fur, a white or yellowish underbelly and rows of white spots along the sides”).
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Noun
gibnut (plural gibnuts)
- A paca (“a large rodent of the genus Cuniculus native to Central America and South America, which has dark brown or black fur, a white or yellowish underbelly and rows of white spots along the sides”).
- The woods abound in game and wild animals, the small red deer, ten varieties of wild hog, the peccary (Dicotyles labiatus) and waree (a mere variety), the paca (Cœlogenys subnigra), a burrowing animal locally called gibbonet or gibnut, considered good eating; [...]1883, Archibald Robertson Gibbs, “The Labour Question—Climate—Productions—Flora and Fauna—and General Features”, in British Honduras: An Historical and Descriptive Account of the Colony from Its...
- We have some splendid game in these woods, among which is the gibnut, a beautiful little animal, which, when cooked, tastes very much like a nice, fat little pig. [From the New York Sun.]1884 August 23, “In the Honduras forests”, in D. P. Kingsley, editor, Grand Junction News, volume II, number 44, Grand Junction, Colo.: Price & Kingsley, →OCLC, page 4, column 3
- Synonyms:
- gibbonet, jungle rat, royal rat
Examples of gibnut in a sentence
- On digging in the earth in this cave, we found the arm and leg bones of a single skeleton. [...] We also found the lower jaw of a gibnut and of another small rodent, but no other bones.1895 May 16, T[homas] Gann, “[Notes on the Exploration of Two Mounds in British Honduras]”, in Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of...
- That's why you might want to try gibnut, bamboo chicken and cow's foot soup.1993, Richard Harris, Stacy Ritz, edited by Joanna Pearlman, The Maya Route: The Ultimate Guidebook: Yucatan, Belize, Guatemala, Cancún...
- The three men had bagged an iguana and two gibnuts.2009, Joan Fry, How to Cook a Tapir: A Memoir of Belize (At Table series), Lincoln, Neb.: University of Nebraska Press, →ISBN, page 77:
- But what he knows to do is hunt gibnut as was amply demonstrated when he opened his sack.2009 December 7, Jules Vasquez, “Illegal Xatero in Chiquibul Busted on Camera”, in 7 News Belize, archived from the original on 05 Jan 2010:
Synonyms of gibnut
- gibbonet
- jungle rat
- royal rat
Forms of gibnut
| plural | gibnuts |
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Origin of gibnut
Borrowed from Belizean Creole gibnat, gibnut, givnat, from Miskito ibina, ibihna, ibinha.
Questions about gibnut
- What does gibnut mean?
- Gibnut means a paca (“a large rodent of the genus Cuniculus native to Central America and South America, which has dark brown or black fur, a white or yellowish underbelly and rows of white spots along the sides”).
- How do you use gibnut in a sentence?
- On digging in the earth in this cave, we found the arm and leg bones of a single skeleton. [...] We also found the lower jaw of a gibnut and of another small rodent, but no other bones.
- What part of speech is gibnut?
- Gibnut is a noun.
- How do you pronounce gibnut?
- Gibnut is pronounced /ˈɡɪbnʌt/ (UK).
- What is the plural of gibnut?
- The plural of gibnut is gibnuts.
Words near gibnut in the dictionary
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