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The word chiguire belongs to the language of the Palenkas and the Cumanagotos.
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The word chiguire belongs to the language of the Palenkas and the Cumanagotos.
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 Alexander von Humboldt 1814
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[* The thick-nosed tapir, or river cavy (Cavia capybara), called chiguire in those countries.]
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* (* The thick-nosed tapir, or river cavy (Cavia capybara), called chiguire in those countries.)
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 Alexander von Humboldt 1814
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High demand in the run-up to Easter, combined with widespread poaching and illegal hunting, means the "chiguire", as it is called in Venezuela, is now under threat in some parts of the country.
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El chiguire bipolar [es] (The bipolar capybara), a very popular blog based on humour and politics, published this picture of Francisco Garces, the spokesman of the FUNVISIS saying, “Garces admits he has not learned yet how to handle the new seismometer”
Global Voices in English » Venezuela: Conflict Between the Media During Earthquake 2009
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Political humor blog El chiguire bipolar (The bipolar capybara) mocks the Government of Venezuela [es] after intervening four banks of the country: from now on, author parodies, Bancolchón [Mattress Bank] will manage public money, as customers can carry out cash withdrawals, make national and international transfers and “keep a glass of wine from tipping over while a bear makes itself comfortable beside it”.
Global Voices in English » Venezuela: How Children Show Their Community Through Photography II 2009
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He had just killed a chiguire, an animal about the size of
The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 5, No. 1, January, 1852 Various
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He had just killed a chiguire, an animal about the size of a pig, which he held with one of his paws, while the vultures were assembled in flocks around.
Forest & Frontiers 1867
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They browze the grass which fattens the horses best, and which bears the name of chiguirero, or chiguire-grass.
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water-hog
November 8, 2011