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  • Guanahani
    [from Lucayan] n. an earlier name for San Salvador, a major Bahamian island: 1635 Guanahami, ó S. Salvador (Atlas Novus). 1962 The island
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  • guana berry
    (Black); gonna berry (Exuma) [unclear if it is eaten by iguanas; it may simply grow on the cays they inhabit] n.
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  • guana
    [Car.; aphetized form of Sp. iguana from Arawakan ioána (Taylor 1977:21)] n. the iguana, a large lizard: 1 73 1 The Guana
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  • grup
    [probably from gulp by /l, r/ alternation and metathesis, but cf. Scots gruppy, gruppit greedy CSD] v. to swallow in gulps: 1977
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  • grunt
    [Car.] n. a food fish, Haernulon sp., which makes grunting noises when caught: 1782 old-wives, grunts (Bruce 46). (Gen.)
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  • grungrey
    [cf. GRANIGRAIN ] n. 1. a shrub (sp?), the leaves of which are used in making soup. (Nassau) 2. the soup made from
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  • grunduv
    See MR. GRUNDUV.
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  • grumptious
    [cf. Scots grump to crunch hard or brittle substances with the teeth CSD] adj. greedy: 1966 A grumptious man like
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  • grumpa
    /grumpá/ [cf. grandpa] n. grandfather. (Eleu., Andros)
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  • grumma
     /grumá/ [cf. grandma] n. grandmother. (Eleu., Andros)
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