10 PORTUGUESE BOOKS RELATING TO «UARACU»
Discover the use of
uaracu in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
uaracu and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in Portuguese literature.
1
Fishes of the Rio Negro
Alfred Russel Wallace Monica Toledo-Piza. 48 iFeúvei do Wlio QAeg&o l%"Y«^
ALFRED RUSSEL WALLACE 13. 30. Uaracu murutinga. Provalvemente/
probably Leporinus nigrotaeniatus (Jardine, 1841). 85. Uaracu santanpinimi.
Leporinus ...
Alfred Russel Wallace, Monica Toledo-Piza, 2002
2
Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society
A small laurel-like bush (Caraipa laurifolia, S.) lines the banks in many places,
and bears damson-like drupes, which arc the favourite food of that delicious fish
the Uaracu or Aracu. When the ripe drupes are dropping into the water they
attract ...
Linnean Society of London, 1868
3
The Journal of the Linnean Society of London
A small laurel-like bush {Caraipa laurifolia, S.) lines the banks in many places,
and bears damson-like drupes, which are the favourite food of that delicious fish
the Uaracu or Aracu. When the ripe drupes are dropping into the water they
attract ...
Linnean Society (London), 1866
4
The Journal of the Linnean Society: Zoology
lines the banks in many places, and bears damson-like drupes, which are the
favourite food of that delicious fish the Uaracu or Aracu. When the ripe drupes are
dropping into the water they attract shoals of Uaracu. Then the fisherman stations
...
Linnean Society of London, 1868
5
Cosmos, Self, and History in Baniwa Religion: For Those Unborn
He killed a uaracu [suckermouth] fish, a pact'1 fish, A red pacu fish also — three
fish he killed. He heard — dzeeeeelllllW. Now the Tapir goes underwater,* he
goes underwater, He comes back out, "Did you hear it fall!?" "No, no." "Really!
6
THE JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY.
Then the fisherman stations his canoe at dawn of day in the mouth of some still
igarape, overshaded by bushes of Uaracu-Tamacoari (the native Indian name of
the tree), and with his arrows picks off the fish as they rise to snatch the floating ...
7
Antes o mundo não existia: a mitologia heróica dos índios Desâna
E disse: "Eu vou aparecer como um uaracu".4 E recebeu esse nome. O peixe
uaracu parece assim mesmo. Por isso ele se chama Emekho mahsãn Boléka. E
o Êmekho mahsãn Tolamãn kenhíri (universo, pessoa, nome, sobrenome),5
nosso ...
Umúsin Panlõn Kumu, Tolamãn Kenhíri, 1980
8
Notas de viagem ao Rio Negro
Dentre estes, poderemos citar: a) peixes: Piraiba, pirara pirarasurubim, uacui,
tariira, tariira pixuna, uatucupá (pescada), anuiá, tamoatá jujú (espécie de traira),
pirapucu, mamaiacu, bacate, uiuarana, china- pe, piranha, uaracu, pacú,
jacundá, ...
José Cândido de Melo Carvalho, 1983
He mentioned it in his journal: "The principal subsistence of fish in the Rio Negro
is on the fruits of riparial trees. When the ripe drupes are dropping into the water
they attract shoals of Uaracu [different species of Leporinus]. Then the fisherman
...
10
Mysteries of the Jaguar Shamans of the Northwest Amazon
The long flutes Tariira and Uaracu are marked to resemble freshwater fish. Hair
cut from girls at the time of their first menstrual rite is attached to the Waliadoa
flutes, which represent the “younger sister,” the only ones to dance in three and
not a ...
