mapinguary

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noun

A legendary red-furred ground-dwelling sloth-like creature said to live in the Amazon rainforests of Brazil and Bolivia.

Scrabble 18

Meanings

noun

alternative mapinguari

  1. A legendary red-furred ground-dwelling sloth-like creature said to live in the Amazon rainforests of Brazil and Bolivia.

    Tales of mapinguary encounters are common in Rio Branco.

    2007 July 8, Larry Rohter, “A Huge Amazon Monster Is Only a Myth. Or Is It?”, in New York Times
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APA

mapinguary. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mapinguary

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“mapinguary.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mapinguary. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mapinguary,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mapinguary.

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