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  • manita jack
    /maníyta jak/, maneet /maníyt/ [cf. DJE bonito jack /baníita jak/ the bonito fish] n. a fish (sp?), a dark variety of
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  • manhood years
    [cf. OED manhood the state of being a man, as opposed to childhood; cf. BOY DAYS boyhood] n. (of men)
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  • man-hole
    [OED, opening in a floor, pavement.., through which a man may pass to gain access] n. a small door in
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  • man head
    [etym?] n. the constrictor snake. (Andros)
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  • mangy-head
    /méynji hed/ [cf. OED mangy having the mange, from the loss of hair caused by this disease, perhaps influenced by
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  • mangrove swamp vine
    [from its habitat] n. a woody plant, Rhabdadenia paludosa: 1920 (Britton 337). (San Sal.)  
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  • mangrove coot
    [from its habitat] n. a water bird, Gallinula chloropus: 1972 (Patterson 52). = MAINGROW CHICKEN, RED-SEAL COOT (Gen.)
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  • mangro
    /mánggrow, mánggra; méynggrow, méynggra; máynggra/ n. 1. [cf. Atlantic /mángrow/; cf. OED mangrowe mangrove 1613] the mangrove tree, Rhizophora mangle:
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  • mango snapper
    (Andros, Eleu.); maingra snapper (Mayag.) [cf. W3 mangrove snapper idem; cf. MANGRO] n. a fish, Lutjanus griseus. = GREY SNAPPER
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  • mangola
    [cf. Haitian mãgo-la that mango; the fruit itself is said to come from Haiti] n. a variety of mango that
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