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Foetidia Mauritiana
Stinkwood Stink"wood`, n. (Bot.) A name given to several kinds of wood with an unpleasant smell, as that of the F[oe]tidia Mauritiana of the Mauritius, and that of the South African Ocotea bullata.
Mauritia flexuosa
Ita palm I"ta palm` (Bot.) A magnificent species of palm (Mauritia flexuosa), growing near the Orinoco. The natives eat its fruit and buds, drink its sap, and make thread and cord from its fiber.
Platydactylus Mauritianicus
Tarente Ta*ren"te, n. [Cf. F. tarente.] (Zo["o]l.) A harmless lizard of the Gecko family (Platydactylus Mauritianicus) found in Southern Europe and adjacent countries, especially among old walls and ruins.

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- Mauritia is a genus of fan palms which is native to northern South America and to the Island of Trinidad in the Caribbean. Only two species are currently...
- 61°10′1.64″E / 12.1803083°S 61.1671222°E / -12.1803083; 61.1671222 Mauritia was a Precambrian microcontinent that was situated between India and Madagascar...
- Mauritia flexuosa, known as the moriche palm, ité palm, ita, buriti, muriti, miriti (Brazil), canangucho (Colombia), morete or acho (Ecuador), or aguaje...
- Mauritia may refer to: Mauritia, a genus of fan palms Mauritia (gastropod), a genus of snails Mauritia (microcontinent), a proposed land m**** that existed...
- subspecies are recognized: Mauritia arabica arabica (Linnaeus, 1758): represented as Mauritia arabica (Linnaeus, 1758) Mauritia arabica asiatica F. A. Schilder...
- Mauritia maculifera, common name : the blotched cowry or reticulated cowry, is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family...
- Mauritia grayana, the 'Gray's arabica cowry', is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries. Subspecies...
- Mauritia histrio, common name the harlequin cowry or the stage cowry, is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae...
- Mauritia eglantina, the 'dog-rose cowry' or 'eglantine cowry', is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae...
- Princess Mauritia Eleonora of Portugal (1609 – 15 June 1674), Dutch: Prinses Mauritia Eleonora van Portugal, was a princess from the House of Aviz. As...