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The sound which the bouradi makes is like the clear yelping of a puppy-dog, and you fancy he says "pia-po-o-co," and thus the South-American Spaniards call him piapoco.
Wanderings in South America Charles Waterton 1823
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In one of the huts of the Pacimonales we purchased two fine large birds, a toucan (piapoco) and an ana, a species of macaw, seventeen inches long, having the whole body of a purple colour.
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 Alexander von Humboldt 1814
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L. Adam, _Grammaires et Vocabulaires roucouyenne, arrouague, piapoco, et d'autres Langues de la Région des Guyanes_ (Paris, 1882).
The Works of Aphra Behn Volume IV. Aphra Behn 1664
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(piapoco) and an ana, a species of macaw, seventeen inches long, having the whole body of a purple colour.
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