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A name numerous species of South American parrots of the genus Chrysotis

A South American bird, of the genus Pleroglossius, allied to the toucans. There are several species.

An evergreen tree of the cypress tribe, genus Thuja. The American species is the T. occidentalis.

A genus of American monkeys with prehensile tails, and having the thumb wanting or rudimentary. See Spider monkey, and Coaita.

A grallatorial bird, of the genus Recurvirostra; the scooper. The bill is long and bend upward toward the tip. The …

A large, dark-colored, South American monkey, of the genus Lagothrix, having a long prehensile tail.

The two American fresh-water species of black bass (genus Micropterus). See Black bass.

A South American bird of the genus Casmarhincos, and family Cotingidae, of several species; the campanero.

A large genus of American, mostly tropical, climbing shrubs, having compound leaves and showy somewhat tubular flowers. B. capreolata is …

The berry of several species of Vaccinium, an ericaceous genus, differing from the American huckleberries in containing numerous minute seeds …

A duck of the genus Fuligula. Two American species (F. marila and F. affinis) are common. See Scaup duck.

A genus of large American serpents, including the boa constrictor, the emperor boa of Mexico (B. imperator), and the chevalier …

A genus of American jurassic dinosaurs. A length of sixty feet is believed to have been attained by these reptiles.

A name given to several American trees and shrubs of the same genus (Aesculus) as the horse chestnut.

A genus of gigantic American Jurassic dinosaurs, having large cavities in the bodies of the dorsal vertebrae.

A south American tick of the genus Amblyomma. There are several species, very troublesome to man and beast.

A south American fresh water fish of the genus Serrasalmo of many species, remarkable for its voracity. When numerous they …

An American bird of the genus Cassicus, allied to the starlings and orioles, remarkable for its skillfully constructed and suspended …

A genus of American and East Indian trees, of which the best know species are the Catalpa bignonioides, a large, …

A south American rodent of the genus Lagotis.