vomito
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of vomito
1825–35; < Spanish vómito < Latin vomitus ( see vomitus)
Example Sentences
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The smell of the vomito negro fills the passenger cabin.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
The airsickness bag fills up to the brim with a substance known as the vomito negro, or the black vomit.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
Led off the scent by it, the idiots will not suspect what is the matter with the man until the vomito negro declares itself.
From A Desperate Voyage by Edward Frederick Knight
Nearly everybody had the vomito; one-fifth died of it.
From Overland by J. W. (John William) De Forest
The deadly vomito nigro has often appeared in various parts of Cuba in epidemic as well as isolated form.
From Cuba Past and Present by Richard Davey
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