mapinguary

English

Alternative forms

• mapinguari

Noun

mapinguary

1. A legendary red-furred ground-dwelling sloth-like creature said to live in the Amazon rainforests of Brazil and Bolivia.
   • 2007 July 8, Larry Rohter, “A Huge Amazon Monster Is Only a Myth. Or Is It?”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     Tales of mapinguary encounters are common in Rio Branco.