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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of hystricomorphic rodent mammals, of the family Octodontidæ and subfamily Echinomyinæ, or hedgehog-rats, peculiar to the island of Cuba, where two species occur, C. pilorides and C. prehensilis, called respectively the hutia-conga or pilori-rat and the hutia-carabali.
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