guemul

Before the introduction of European cattle into Chili, the natives must have employed the skins of the original animals of the country, probably of the _guemul_ or _huemul_, the equus bisulcus of Molina and other naturalists, an animal having some resemblance to a horse but with cloven hoofs -- E.]

A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels - Volume 05 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time Robert Kerr 1784