Yapack

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

  Yapock \Ya"pock\ (?; 277), n. [Probably from the river Oyapok,
     between French Guiana and Brazil.] (Zool.)
     A South American aquatic opossum ({Chironectes variegatus})
     found in Guiana and Brazil. Its hind feet are webbed, and its
     fore feet do not have an opposable thumb for climbing. Called
     also {water opossum}. [Written also {yapack}.]


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