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Horseman :: Horseman (n.) A West Indian fish of the genus Eques, as the light-horseman (E. lanceolatus)..

Cocus Wood :: Cocus wood () A West Indian wood, used for making flutes and other musical instruments..

Galliwasp :: Galliwasp (n.) A West Indian lizard (Celestus occiduus), about a foot long, imagined by the natives to be venomous..

Conch :: Conch (n.) A name applied to various marine univalve shells; esp. to those of the genus Strombus, which are of large size. S. gigas is the large pink West Indian conch. The large king, queen, and cameo conchs are of the genus Cassis. See Cameo..

Solenodon :: Solenodon (n.) Either one of two species of singular West Indian insectivores, allied to the tenrec. One species (Solendon paradoxus), native of St. Domingo, is called also agouta; the other (S. Cubanus), found in Cuba, is called almique..

Cocobolas :: Cocobolas (n.) A very beautiful and hard wood, obtained in the West India Islands. It is used in cabinetmaking, for the handles of tools, and for various fancy articles..

Sechium :: Sechium (n.) The edible fruit of a West Indian plant (Sechium edule) of the Gourd family. It is soft, pear-shaped, and about four inches long, and contains a single large seed. The root of the plant resembles a yam, and is used for food..

Horsewood :: Horsewood (n.) A West Indian tree (Calliandra latifolia) with showy, crimson blossoms..

Fiddlewood :: Fiddlewood (n.) The wood of several West Indian trees, mostly of the genus Citharexylum..

Pinkroot :: Pinkroot (n.) An annual South American and West Indian plant (Spigelia Anthelmia).

Yacca :: Yacca (n.) A West Indian name for two large timber trees (Podocarpus coriaceus, and P. Purdicanus) of the Yew family. The wood, which is much used, is pale brownish with darker streaks..

Pimpillo :: Pimpillo (n.) A West Indian name for the prickly pear (Opuntia); -- called also pimploes.

Sabicu :: Sabicu (n.) The very hard wood of a leguminous West Indian tree (Lysiloma Sabicu), valued for shipbuilding..

Cony :: Cony (n.) An important edible West Indian fish (Epinephelus apua); the hind of Bermuda.

Otaheite Apple :: Otaheite apple () A West Indian name for a myrtaceous tree (Jambosa Malaccensis) which bears crimson berries.

Sangaree :: Sangaree (n.) Wine and water sweetened and spiced, -- a favorite West Indian drink..

Drummer :: Drummer (n.) A large West Indian cockroach (Blatta gigantea) which drums on woodwork, as a sexual call..

Ramoon :: Ramoon (n.) A small West Indian tree (Trophis Americana) of the Mulberry family, whose leaves and twigs are used as fodder for cattle..

Lignum Rhodium :: Lignum rhodium () The fragrant wood of several shrubs and trees, especially of species of Rhodorhiza from the Canary Islands, and of the West Indian Amyris balsamifera..

Gorgonia :: Gorgonia (n.) A genus of Gorgoniacea, formerly very extensive, but now restricted to such species as the West Indian sea fan (Gorgonia flabellum), sea plume (G. setosa), and other allied species having a flexible, horny axis..

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