warine

English

Etymology

Anglicization of French ouarine, a misreading of ouariue (i.e. ouarive), ultimately from the same source as guariba.[1][2]

Noun

warine (plural warines)

  1. A guariba: a South American monkey (sapajou).

References
  • warine in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
  1. Jas. Platt, Jun., in The Athenaeum, number 3840, 1 June 1901, page 695-696
  2. New English Dictionary, volume 10 part 2, V–Z (1928): warine

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