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  • cotton-wick
    n. a fish, Haemulon melanurum, a striped grunt: 1968 (Böhlke 374). (Nassau, White)
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  • cotton tree
    [Car.] n. the silk-cotton tree, Ceiba pentandra: 1940 D' branches o' de cotton tree (Dupuch 56). (Gen.)
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  • cotton bird
    n. the blue-gray gnatcatcher, Polioptila coerulea: 1960 (Bond 178). = CAT BIRD, CHEW BIRD, SPAIN-SPAIN
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  • cotch
    [Car.; cf. Bajan scotch foot-hold (Collymore 96); DJE cotch "cf. OED scotch a block placed under a wheel; to block (a wheel)"]
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  • corunten lizard
    /kóhranten/ [possibly connected to the Courentyne River, Guyana but cf. CURLY-TAIL] n. a lizard (sp?). (Andros)
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  • corruption
    [W Car., US dial. 'pus' ADD; OED, de­composed or putrid matter, esp. in a sore, boil, etc.; pus obs. exc. dial.]
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  • corrupt
    [OED, to spoil (flesh).. .by putrid decom­position arch.→.1796] v. to decompose: 1954 Like when a man bury for about three or
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  • corn stick
    [Atlantic] n. the corn cob. (San Sal., Mayag.)
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  • corn yuck
    n. a dish made of shredded crabmeat and grated fresh corn cooked together: Corn yuck is olden-days food (Andros).
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  • corn soup
    n. stewed corn and beans in a broth. (Black)
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