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Orinocan

Orinocan adjective: of or pertaining to the Orinoco river.

Adjective

Orinocan (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to the Orinoco river.
    • Industrial capitalism certainly turns over more calories per capita than does the economy of the Yanamamo of the Orinocan rain forest, […]2002, Joseph Fracchia, R. C. Lewontin, “Does Culture Evolve?”, in Philip Pomper, David Gary Shaw, editors, The Return of Science: Evolution, History, and Theory, Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, page 246
    • Our vantage point provides incredible views of the Orinocan jungle stretching out to the horizon, a vast carpet of green life that some describe as the earths' verdant lungs.2003, Tim O'Neill, “The Tree of Life”, in The American Alpine Journal: 2003, →ISBN, page 83

Origin of Orinocan

From Orinoco + -an.

Questions about Orinocan

What does Orinocan mean?
Orinocan means of or pertaining to the Orinoco river.
What part of speech is Orinocan?
Orinocan is an adjective.

Words near Orinocan in the dictionary

  1. orinasal
  2. orinasals
  3. Orinda
  4. oringe
  5. oringes
  6. Orinocan
  7. Orinoco
  8. Orinoco agouti
  9. Orinoco Belt
  10. Orinoco crocodile
  11. Orinoco crocodiles

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