Guyanosa
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Guyanosa is a noun meaning Alternative form of guyascutus.
Meaning
Alternative form of guyascutus.
Example Sentences
There were two moose, three black bears, one 'woolly horse,' some twenty deer, seven panthers, two foxes, four gaunt wolves, one 'prock', one 'guyanosa,' and a young Penobscot ice-breaker.
Before proceeding to exhibit the animals, the lecturer dwelt at some length upon the characteristics of each; and describing, especially, the ravenous nature of the Guyanosa, and his enormous strength.
The story of the guyanosa or guyascutus (see Knickerbocker Mag. XXVIII. 36-38 and Harper's Mag. VII. 708-709) tells of somesharpers who sold tickets to the public to see this strange and savage animal.
In Harper's New Monthly Magazine in 1853, from the Editor's Drawer, appeared a particularly impressive version that joined the Guyanosa with another favorite American myth-beast, here called the Prock.
Word Forms
- guyanosas
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include gaupus, crocuta, guanco, babyroussa, boogerman, corosso.
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