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  • black land
    [US, land having a black soil DAE] n. rich inland soil containing humus: But now the crab they start a-walking
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  • Black Jeff
    n. a wasp, Pepsis sp.: 1978 Sometimes called the black Jeff in the Bahamas, the tarantula hawk as an adult
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  • black jack
    [DAE, DJE no sp.] n. a dark-colored jackfish, Caranx lugubris: 1968 (Böhlke 332). = PASSING JACK (Gen.)
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  • black iron
    n. a flat iron for pressing clothes, heated over a fire: 1977  Black irons, heated by an open fire, .
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  • blackie
    [from color] n. a stinging insect (sp?) resembling an ant. (Abaco)
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  • black-guard
    [OED to abuse or revile in scurrilous terms; US dial. South idem ADD] v.t. to insult a person's family. (Eleu.)
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  • black-fin shark
    [W Car.] n. a large, deep-sea shark (sp?). (Exuma, San Sal., White)
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  • black feney
    [etym?] n. a hardwood tree (sp?): 1782 Manchinella, black feney, dog-wood (Bruce 45). 1975 Lesser known hardwoods ... black feney
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  • black-eyed Susan tree
    [US black-eyed Susan different sp. W3] n. 1. a plant, Abrus precatorius, which has red beans with a black spot:
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  • black-eye bird
    n. 1. the Bahama yellowthroat, Geothlypis rostrata. See quot. for def. 2. 2. the common yellowthroat, G. trichas: 1972 Both
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