Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
Pauxi . - noun Same as
Mitu , 2.
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The tetrix, called ourax in Athens, builds neither on the ground nor on trees, but on low-lying shrubs.
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[* Not the ourax of Cuvier, Crax pauxi Linn., but the Crax alector.]
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Tame pauxis* (* Not the ourax of Cuvier, Crax pauxi Linn., but the Crax alector.) surrounded the Indian huts; in one of which we saw a very rare monkey, which inhabits the banks of the Guaviare.
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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