Lexicographical Neighbors of Motuca
Literary usage of Motuca
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The naturalist on the river Amazons by Henry Walter Bates (1873)
"... —motuca flies—Serpa—Christmas holidays —River Madeira—A mameluco farmer—Mura
Indians—Rio Negro— Description ot Barra—Descent to Para—Yellow fever. ..."
2. The native races of the Pacific states of North America by Hubert Howe Bancroft (1875)
"... the Jara, the Taa, the Gaula. the motuca, the Fantasma, and the Sambo. Of these
nothing but the names can be given. The oldest authorities mention, ..."
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