PUNA
\pˈuːnə], \pˈuːnə], \p_ˈuː_n_ə]\
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By Noah Webster.
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A sickness common in the elevated districts of South America and elsewhere, which attacks those unaccustomed to breathe the rarefied atmosphere. It strongly resembles sea sickness, with a most acute and depressing throbbing in the head. It does not often affect the respiration greatly.
By Robley Dunglison
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High bleak plateau in Peruvian Andes; difficulty in breathing caused by rarefled atmosphere.
By Sir Augustus Henry
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flame-bearer
- One who bears flame or light; name given to members a genus humming birds, from their being furnished with tuft flery crimson-colored feathers round neck like gorget. little flame-bearer inhabits inner side extinct volcano Chiriqui, in Veragua, about 9000 feet above the level of sea. It measures only 1/2 inches length. There are various other species, all tropical American.