Definition of "periagua" [per•i•a•gua]

• A dugout canoe (noun)
• By extension, any small boat (noun)

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• "The periagua is a strange rough boat, but the crew were still stranger: I doubt if six uglier little men ever got into a boat together."
• "The road to Cucao was so very bad that we determined to embark in a periagua."
• "Re-embarking in the periagua, we returned across the lake, and then mounted our horses."