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People make shortcuts through narrow tunnels in the vegetation called furos.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

Some furos have existed for centuries, I was told.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

The igarapes and furos or channels, which are infinite in number in this great river delta, are characteristic of the country.

From The Naturalist on the River Amazons by Bates, Henry Walter