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Paca   Listen
noun
paca  n.  
1.
(Zool.) A large burrowing South American rodent (Agouti paca syn. Cuniculus paca, formerly Coelogenys paca), having blackish brown fur, with four parallel rows of white spots along its sides; the spotted cavy. It is closely allied to the agouti and the Guinea pig and is highly esteemed as food.





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"Paca" Quotes from Famous Books



... Subscribers engage to pay the Sums affixd to our Names to the Honble William Paca Esqr l, to be transmitted to the President & Council ...
— The Original Writings of Samuel Adams, Volume 4 • Samuel Adams
... Maryland, by a resolution adopted at about the close of May, positively forbade their delegates voting for independence; but through the influence of Carroll, Chase, Paca, and others, the prohibition was recalled on the 28th of June, and they were empowered to give a vote for Maryland concurrent with the other provinces. Delaware, South Carolina, and Georgia refrained from action on the subject, except such as occurred at small district meetings, ...
— Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, July, 1851 • Various
... factions has been kindled anew. But the party in favor of it is the strongest, both in and out of the Legislature. This is the party anciently of Morris, Wilson, etc. Delaware will do what Pennsylvania shall do. Maryland is thought favorable to it, yet it is supposed that Chase and Paca will oppose it. As to Virginia, two of her delegates, in the first place, refused to sign it; these were Randolph, the governor, and George Mason. Besides these, Henry, Harrison, Nelson, and the Lees are against it. General Washington ...
— Life And Times Of Washington, Volume 2 • John Frederick Schroeder and Benson John Lossing


Words linked to "Paca" :   Cuniculus paca, gnawer, rodent


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