Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The native name of Solenodon cubanus, an insectivorous mammal peculiar to Cuba, belonging to the family Solenodontidæ.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Solenodon cubanus, a
soricomorph endemic toCuba , unusual amongmammals in havingvenomous saliva .
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Earlier this week we admired and coiled in repulsion away from the amazing R.O.U.S. lookalike, the almiqui.
Archive 2006-07-01 fusenumber8 2006
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It is possible, too, that reference was made to the solenodon or almiqui, an animal long thought to be extinct but of which several specimens have recently been found in Santo Domingo.
Santo Domingo A Country with a Future Otto Schoenrich
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Here were dogs which never barked (supposed to be the almiqui), wild birds tamed in the houses and "wonderful arrangements of nets, * and fish-hooks and fishing apparatus.
The life of Christopher Columbus: from his own letters and journals and other documents of his time. 1891
bilby commented on the word almiqui
Judging by image search, could be my cousin!
September 17, 2009
reesetee commented on the word almiqui
I don't know about that. Looks more like this guy got his snout caught in a pencil sharpener. :-)
September 17, 2009