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Webster 1913 Edition


Puerco

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Pu-er′co

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Noun.
[Sp.]
A hog.
Puerco beds
(Geol.)
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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.