Crossword-Solution: BOTOCUDOS
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Botocudos | n. pl. | A Brazilian tribe of Indians, noted for their use of poisons; -- also called Aymbores. |
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| Clue | Answers |
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| SOUTH American Indian(s) | 45 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
EETAR
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greedy person
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Sentences with BOTOCUDOS (5)
The extremists in this custom are the Botocudos, who represent the most cruel and ferocious of the Brazilian tribes, and who especially cherish a love for cannibalism.
The Fuegians were probably compelled by other conquering hordes to settle in their inhospitable country, and they may have become in consequence somewhat more degraded; but it would be difficult to prove that they have fallen much below the Botocudos, who inhabit the finest parts of Brazil.
The unclothed Fuegians live on the marine productions of their inhospitable shores; the Botocudos of Brazil wander about the hot forests of the interior and live chiefly on vegetable productions; yet these tribes resemble each other so closely that the Fuegians on board the “Beagle” were mistaken by some Brazilians for Botocudos.
The Botocudos again, as well as the other inhabitants of tropical America, are wholly different from the Negroes who inhabit the opposite shores of the Atlantic, are exposed to a nearly similar climate, and follow nearly the same habits of life.
The ears are everywhere pierced and similarly ornamented, and with the Botocudos and Lenguas of South America the hole is gradually so much enlarged that the lower edge touches the shoulder.