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Puerco

Pu*er"co\, n. [Sp.] A hog.

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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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