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Jamaica
blue gaulin
The Little Blue Heron is a small heron. It breeds from the Gulf states of the USA through Central America and the Caribbean south to Peru and Uruguay. It is a medium-large, long-legged, heron with a long pointed blue or greyish bill with a black tip.
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bird
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Trinidad & Tobago
blue jean
The Blue-grey Tanager, it is a medium-sized South American songbird of the Tanager family, Thraupidae. Its range is from Mexico south to northeast Bolivia and northern Brazil, all of the Amazon Basin, except the very south. The Blue-grey Tanager is 16–18 cm (6.3-7.1 in) long and weighs 30-40 grams (1.1-1.4 oz.) Adults have a light bluish head and underparts, with darker blue upperparts and a shoulder patch colored a different hue of blue. The bill is short and quite thick. Sexes are similar, but the immature is much duller in plumage.
bird
animal
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Jamaica
blue mahoe
A straight trunked, broad leafed tree with flowers resembling that of the hibiscus. The polished wood of the tree is marked by blue-green streaks. It is the national tree of Jamaica.
national symbol
plant
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Guyana
blue saki
The Blue-grey Tanager, it is a medium-sized South American songbird of the Tanager family, Thraupidae. Its range is from Mexico south to northeast Bolivia and northern Brazil, all of the Amazon Basin, except the very south. The Blue-grey Tanager is 16–18 cm (6.3-7.1 in) long and weighs 30-40 grams (1.1-1.4 oz.) Adults have a light bluish head and underparts, with darker blue upperparts and a shoulder patch colored a different hue of blue. The bill is short and quite thick. Sexes are similar, but the immature is much duller in plumage.
bird
animal
Jamaica
Trinidad & Tobago
blue soap
Blocks of blue soap used for washing and whitening laundry.
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Bahamas
blue thrusher
The grey catbird.
animal
bird
Grenada
bluggoe
A type of plaintain.
food
fruit
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Guyana
blumpkin
A word used to describe when all different kind of rassness is happening and one needs to express their outrage and dissatisfaction. Ex. “Wha di blumpkin going on heh bai?”
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Bahamas
Jamaica
bly
A chance or break
Jamaica
board head
Hair like that of a person of African descent.
Bahamas
Belize
Jamaica
boasin
A condition causing the testicles to appear severely swollen. This condition is often the result of a type of hernia.
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Belize
Jamaica
boasy
Boastful, excessively proud
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Trinidad & Tobago
boat tail
A grackle found throughout the greater antilles as well as smaller, nearby islands. Like all quiscalus grackles, it is a rather large, gregarious bird. the 27 cm long male is glossy black with a large tail; the 24 cm long female has a smaller tail and is similar in colour but less glossy than the male. It lives largely in heavily settled areas
animal
bird
Jamaica
bobo
Rastafarian. A practitioner of Rastafarianism, a religious sect whose members are usually identifiable by their dreadlocked hair.
person
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Jamaica
bobo shanti
A member of the Bobo Shanti sect of Rastafarians. They are usually identified by their long robes and turbans.
rastafarian
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Dominica
Grenada
St. Lucia
Trinidad & Tobago
bobol
Corrupt behavior; financial corruption
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Antigua & Barbuda
Trinidad & Tobago
St. Vincent
bobolee
Idiot or simpleton; A stupid person
person
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Trinidad & Tobago
bobolism
Corrupt behavior; financial corruption
Trinidad & Tobago
bodi
Green Beans, also known as String Beans, are the unripe fruits of any kind of bean, especially the common bean.
food
Suriname
boeah nona
An edible round, ovoid, or cone shaped fruit around 6-10 cm in diameter, with a lumpy skin. The skin colour changes from bright green to a pale whitish-green as the fruit ripens. The sweet flesh is white or very pale yellow, and has a custard-like texture. Hard , shiny brownish black seeds are spread throughout the insides.
food
plant
Suriname
boeler
A homosexual man.
derogatory
Belize
bofoto
Obese or fat
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Jamaica
bogle
A type of dance that was popular during the 1990s.
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Barbados
Jamaica
St. Kitts & Nevis
Trinidad & Tobago
boi
Boy - a young male
Bahamas
boil fish
A dish of whitefish boiled with potatoes and spices.
food
St. Vincent
boileen
A kind of broth that contains meat and ground provisions.
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Trinidad & Tobago
bois den
The leaves and tree of Pimenta racemosa, Myrtaceae - The West Indian Bay tree, used culinarily and to produce the cologne called bay rum.
plant
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St. Lucia
bois pain
Tree and fruit native to the Pacific Islands and Malaysia that was brought to the West Indies in the 18th century. The fruit is large with a rough green skin with small hexagonal markings. Some varieties have a spiky exterior. The flesh is white, cream coloured or yellow and has a high starch content. It is eaten boiled, roasted, or fried as a staple food.
plant
food
Jamaica
bokkle toach
A torch constructed from a bottle filled with kerosene into which a cloth wick is inserted
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Trinidad & Tobago
bold face
Impudent or cocky. Brazen.