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salipenters

salipenters is the plural of salipenter.

Meaning of salipenter

Noun

salipenter (plural salipenters)

  1. (Guyana) A tegu lizard (genus Tupinambis), especially the gold tegu (Tupinambis teguixin).
    • A species of the polecat, and another of the fox, are destructive to the Indian's poultry; while the opossum, the guana, and salempenta, afford him a delicious morsel.1825, Charles Waterton, “First Journey”, in Wanderings in South America, the North-west of the United States, and the Antilles, in the Years 1812, 1816, 1820, and 1824. […], London: Printed [by...
    Synonyms:
    bush motorbike

Forms of salipenters

alternative formsalempentas

Questions about salipenters

What is salipenters the plural of?
Salipenters is the plural of salipenter.

Words near salipenters in the dictionary

  1. salinosporamide
  2. salinosporamides
  3. salinous
  4. saliotite
  5. salipenter
  6. salipenters
  7. Salique
  8. salirasib
  9. saliretin
  10. salirophilia
  11. salisburia

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