gibnut
/ˈɡɪbˌnʌt/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A paca (“a large rodent of the genus Cuniculus native to Central America and South America, which has dark brown or black fur, a white or yellowish underbelly and rows of white spots along the sides”).
Example Sentences
- "The woods abound in game and wild animals, the small red deer, ten varieties of wild hog, the peccary (Dicotyles labiatus) and waree (a mere variety), the paca (Cœlogenys subnigra), a burrowing animal locally called gibbonet or gibnut, considered good eating; [...]"
- "We have some splendid game in these woods, among which is the gibnut, a beautiful little animal, which, when cooked, tastes very much like a nice, fat little pig. [From the New York Sun.]"
- "On digging in the earth in this cave, we found the arm and leg bones of a single skeleton. [...] We also found the lower jaw of a gibnut and of another small rodent, but no other bones."
- "While hunting for a gibnut he traced one to a hole in the ground; on poking a stick into this hole, he was astonished on withdrawing it to find that he had brought out on its end a small painted pottery cylinder. The hole on being enlarged proved to be the entrance to a chultun, one of those curious underground chambers cut in the limestone rock found throughout Yucatan and the northern part of British Honduras, especially in the neighborhood of ruins."
- "One reason people come to Belize is for adventure. That's why you might want to try gibnut, bamboo chicken and cow's foot soup."
- "The three men had bagged an iguana and two gibnuts. Except for the spots on their backs, the gibnuts resembled twenty-pound guinea pigs."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Root: gibnat, ibina
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈɡɪbˌnʌt/
- British English: /ˈɡɪbnʌt/