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camoodi

British  
/ kæˈmuːdɪ /

noun

  1. a Caribbean name for anaconda

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Etymology

Origin of camoodi

C19: from an American Indian language of Guyana

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Some huge camoodi, able to crush my bones like brittle twigs in its constricting coils, might lurk in these shadows, and approach me stealthily, unseen in its dark colour on the dark ground.

From Green Mansions: a romance of the tropical forest by Hudson, W. H. (William Henry)

That spectral moonlight camoodi was one of many serpent fancies that troubled me.

From Green Mansions: a romance of the tropical forest by Hudson, W. H. (William Henry)

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