Definition of Pebas

1. peba [n] - See also: peba

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pebas

peats
peatship
peatships
peaty
peau d'orange
peau de soie
peavey
peaveys
peavies
peavy
peaze
peazed
peazes
peazing
peba
pebas (current term)
pebble
pebble-dash
pebble dash
pebble dashes
pebble mill
pebble plant
pebbled
pebbledash
pebblelike
pebbles
pebblestone
pebblestones
pebblier
pebbliest

Literary usage of Pebas

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1874)
"So that any certain evidence of a marine origin for the pebas group is wanting. Professor Woodward remarks that in the living analogue of ..."

2. Exploration of the Valley of the Amazon: Made Under the Direction of the by William Lewis Herndon, Lardner Gibbon, United States Navy Dept (1854)
"... of the Napo—pebas—San Jose do log Yaguas—State of Indians of Peru. I have the less to regret, however, in that M. Castelnau has given so exact and ..."

3. The Andes and the Amazon: Or, Across the Continent of South America by James Orton (1870)
"pebas. THE thirtieth of November was an exciting day on the monotonous Napo. We fell in with numerous sea-cows sporting in the middle of the stream. ..."

4. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"In spite of smallpox, other epidemic visitations, and the raids of Portuguese slave hunters from Brazil, the mission of San Ignacio de pebas held its rank ..."

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