Puerco

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Puerco \Pu*er"co\, n. [Sp.]
     A hog.
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     {Puerco beds} (Geol.), a name given to certain strata
        belonging to the earliest Eocene. They are developed in


        Northwestern New Mexico, along the Rio Puerco, and are
        characterized by their mammalian remains.
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