Noun:

உரமாகப் பயன்படும் கடற் பறவைகளின் எச்சம்,

guaco's Usage Examples:

Guaco >>What is most commonly recognized in Colombia as guaco, or Vejuco del guaco, would appear to be Mikania Guaco (Humboldt and Bonpland, Pl.

The odour alone of guaco has been said to cause in snakes a state of stupor and torpidity; and Humboldt, who observed that the near approach of a rod steeped in guaco-juice was obnoxious to the venomous Coluber corallinus, was of opinion that inoculation with it imparts to the perspiration an odour which makes reptiles unwilling to bite.

What is most commonly recognized in Colombia as guaco, or Vejuco del guaco, would appear to be Mikania Guaco (Humboldt and Bonpland, Pl.

Thus any twining plant with a heart-shaped leaf, white and green above and purple beneath, is called by them guaco (R.

The disputes that have arisen as to what is "the true guaco" are to be attributed mainly to the fact that the names of the American Indians for all natural objects are generic, and their genera not always in coincidence with those of naturalists.

taken guaco, catch with impunity the most dangerous snakes, which writhe in their hands as though touched by a hot iron(B.