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  • red Spaniard
    [cf. (Jack) SPANIARD idem] n. a bird, the Greater Antillean bullfinch (Loxigilla violacea): 1972 (Paterson 167). = BLACK CHARLES 2,
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  • red skin
    [Car.; cf. RED n. and W3 idem, a North American Indian] adj. (of people) having a light brown complexion and
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  • red shank (2)
    [from its long, pink legs] n. a bird, the common stilt (Himantopus himantopus): 1960 (Bond 82). = SOLDIER BIRD, TELL-BILL-WILLY
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  • red shank (1)
    or shanks n. a small tree which grows in swamps: 1920 Shanks ... Salmea petrobioides (Britton 453). (Adelaide)
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  • red-seal coot
    [from the red shield above its beak] n. a bird, the common gallinule (Gallinula chloropus): 1972 (Paterson 52). = MANGROVE
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  • red seaside bean
    n. a plant, Canavalia obtusifolia, with pods: 1889 (Gardner 377). cf BAY BEAN, SEASIDE BEAN (Inagua)
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  • red peas
    [Car.; "a variety of Vigna unguiculata or similar red bean" DJE] n. a small, round, reddish bean resembling PIGEON PEAS: 1832
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  • red nicker tree
    [cf. NICKER (BEAN)n. a tree (Guilandina bonduc or Caesalpina bonduc). cf.YELLOW NICKER TREE (Eleu.)
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  • red meal
    [Gul. idem (Parsons 1923:132)] n. corn meal or corn meal mush: 1934 He likes "red meal", which is maize-or corn-ground and boiled
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  • red land
    n. red clay loam: 1888 The soil used for [pineapple cultivation] is "red land" or good soil (Powles 221). = PINEAPPLE LAND;
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