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Chironectes variegatus
Yapock Ya"pock (?; 277), n. [Probably from the river Oyapok, between French Guiana and Brazil.] (Zo["o]l.) A South American aquatic opossum (Chironectes variegatus) found in Guiana and Brazil. Its hind feet are webbed, and its fore feet do not have an opposable thumb for climbing. Called also water opossum. [Written also yapack.]
Chironectes variegatus
Note: Several related species are found in South America. The water opossum of Brazil (Chironectes variegatus), which has the hind feet, webbed, is provided with a marsupial pouch and with cheek pouches. It is called also yapock. Opossum mouse. (Zo["o]l.) See Flying mouse, under Flying. Opossum shrimp (Zo["o]l.), any schizopod crustacean of the genus Mysis and allied genera. See Schizopoda.
Chironomy
Chironomy Chi*ron"o*my, n. [Gr. ?; chei`r hand + ? to manage.] The art of moving the hands in oratory or in pantomime; gesture [Obs.]
Opoponax Chironum
Opopanax O*pop"a*nax, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?; ? vegetable juice + ?, ?. a kind of plant: cf. F. opopanax.] The inspissated juice of an umbelliferous plant (the Opoponax Chironum), brought from Turkey and the East Indies in loose granules, or sometimes in larger masses, of a reddish yellow color, with specks of white. It has a strong smell and acrid taste, and was formerly used in medicine as an emmenagogue and antispasmodic. --Dunglison.

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- In Gr**** mythology, Chiron (/ˈkaɪrən/ KY-rən; also Cheiron or Kheiron; Ancient Gr****: Χείρων, romanized: Kheírōn, lit. 'hand') was held to be the superlative...
- The Bugatti Chiron is a mid-engine two-seater sports car designed and developed in Germany by Bugatti Engineering GmbH. It was manufactured in Molsheim...
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- Look up Chiron in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Chiron is a centaur from Gr**** mythology. Chiron may also refer to: 2060 Chiron, a centaur (small Solar...
- 2060 Chiron is a ringed small Solar System body in the outer Solar System, orbiting the Sun between Saturn and Ur****. Discovered in 1977 by Charles Kowal...
- Louis Alexandre Chiron (French pronunciation: [lwi ʃi.ʁɔ̃]; 3 August 1899 – 22 June 1979) was a Monégasque racing driver who competed in rallies, sports...
- Chiron Review is a literary journal based in St. John, Kansas. It was founded as The Kindred Spirit in February 1982, by Michael Hathaway shortly after...
- Chiron Filesystem is a fault-tolerant replication file system. Chiron FS is a FUSE based filesystem that implements replication at the filesystem level...
- The KP-SAM Chiron (Korean Portable-Surface to Air Missile; Korean: 신궁; Hanja: 神弓; RR: Singung) is a South Korean shoulder-launched surface-to-air missile...
- Chiron (Gr****: Χείρων) is the name given to a supposed moon of Saturn sighted by Hermann Goldschmidt in 1861. It has since been determined that no such...