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- noun Plural form of
hocco .
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Examples
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It was now nearly sunset, and all hands set about preparing the hoccos for roasting, by first plucking the fowls, removing the intestines, and sticking them on a sharpened stake in front of the fire.
The Search for the Silver City A Tale of Adventure in Yucatan James Otis 1880
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Two hours were spent in this profitless speculation, and then the boys returned, bringing with them two large hoccos, birds looking not unlike wild turkeys.
The Search for the Silver City A Tale of Adventure in Yucatan James Otis 1880
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The hoccos set up their sonorous clucking, and birds of every kind came fluttering round us.
Aventures d'un jeune naturaliste. English Lucien Biart 1863
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