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mapinguary

mapinguary noun: a legendary red-furred ground-dwelling sloth-like creature said to live in the Amazon rainforests of Brazil and Bolivia.

Noun

mapinguary

  1. A legendary red-furred ground-dwelling sloth-like creature said to live in the Amazon rainforests of Brazil and Bolivia.
    • Tales of mapinguary encounters are common in Rio Branco.2007 July 8, Larry Rohter, “A Huge Amazon Monster Is Only a Myth. Or Is It?”, in New York Times

Forms of mapinguary

alternative formmapinguari

Questions about mapinguary

What does mapinguary mean?
Mapinguary means a legendary red-furred ground-dwelling sloth-like creature said to live in the Amazon rainforests of Brazil and Bolivia.
What part of speech is mapinguary?
Mapinguary is a noun.

Words near mapinguary in the dictionary

  1. mapimite
  2. mapinastine
  3. Mapingian
  4. mapinguari
  5. mapinguaris
  6. mapinguary
  7. maple
  8. maple bark disease
  9. maple bark stripper's disease
  10. maple butter
  11. maple butters

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