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Cerastes :: Cerastes (n.) A genus of poisonous African serpents, with a horny scale over each eye; the horned viper..

Sangu :: Sangu (n.) The Abyssinian ox (Bos / Bibos, Africanus), noted for the great length of its horns. It has a hump on its back..

Guib :: Guib (n.) A West African antelope (Tragelaphus scriptus), curiously marked with white stripes and spots on a reddish fawn ground, and hence called harnessed antelope; -- called also guiba..

Thyine Wood :: Thyine wood () The fragrant and beautiful wood of a North African tree (Callitris quadrivalvis), formerly called Thuja articulata. The tree is of the Cedar family, and furnishes a balsamic resin called sandarach..

Lalo :: Lalo (n.) The powdered leaves of the baobab tree, used by the Africans to mix in their soup, as the southern negroes use powdered sassafras. Cf. Couscous..

Sneezewood :: Sneezewood (n.) The wood of a South African tree. See Neishout.

Meerkat :: Meerkat (n.) A South African carnivore (Cynictis penicillata), allied to the ichneumons..

Polypterus :: Polypterus (n.) An African genus of ganoid fishes including the bichir.

Zebra :: Zebra (n.) Either one of two species of South African wild horses remarkable for having the body white or yellowish white, and conspicuously marked with dark brown or brackish bands..

Zorilla :: Zorilla (n.) Either one of two species of small African carnivores of the genus Ictonyx allied to the weasels and skunks.

Fodientia :: Fodientia (n.pl.) A group of African edentates including the aard-vark.

Oxbird :: Oxbird (n.) An African weaver bird (Textor alector).

Tsetse :: Tsetse (n.) A venomous two-winged African fly (Glossina morsitans) whose bite is very poisonous, and even fatal, to horses and cattle, but harmless to men. It renders extensive districts in which it abounds uninhabitable during certain seasons of the year..

Hebe :: Hebe (n.) An African ape; the hamadryas.

Koba :: Koba (n.) Any one of several species of African antelopes of the genus Kobus, esp. the species Kobus sing-sing..

Tetel :: Tetel (n.) A large African antelope (Alcelaphus tora). It has widely divergent, strongly ringed horns..

Zonure :: Zonure (n.) Any one of several of South African lizards of the genus Zonura, common in rocky situations..

Negro :: Negro (n.) A black man; especially, one of a race of black or very dark persons who inhabit the greater part of tropical Africa, and are distinguished by crisped or curly hair, flat noses, and thick protruding lips; also, any black person of unmixed African blood, wherever found..

Buckra :: Buckra (n.) A white man; -- a term used by negroes of the African coast, West Indies, etc..

Stapes :: Stapelia (n.) An extensive and curious genus of African plants of the natural order Asclepiadaceae (Milkweed family). They are succulent plants without leaves, frequently covered with dark tubercles giving them a very grotesque appearance. The odor of the blossoms is like that of carrion..

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