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The ISO (International Standards Organisation) assigns a two character code to each country name. These codes are used by Internet 'whois' databases (these two character abbreviations are the whois country codes) and also other applications.
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The Araucana is an old Chilean breed of hardy chicken domesticated by the Arauca Indians of Chile. The Araucana is bred both with and without a tail and with ear tufts but is most remarkable for laying eggs of varying colours, which has given rise to it being nicknamed the Easter Egg Layer.
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Armeria (Thrift) also known as sea-pink is a genus of perennial plants of the family Plumbaginaceae. They are native to Europe, Asia, North America and Chile and form cushion-like tufts on the rocks of sea-shores and high in the mountains. Armeria has very slender, stiff leaves growing in bundles from the woody branches of the rootstock. The flowers are funnel-shaped, rosy and massed in half-round heads at the summit of a hairy scape.
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The Chile pine (Araucaria imbricata) or monkey puzzle is a conifer native to Chile which grows in England and was used for the masts of ships. In Chile the seeds are eaten.
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The chinchilla is a small squirrel-like herbivorous rodent found in the Andes of Chile and Bolivia. They are very closely allied to the rabbit, which they resemble in the general shape of the body, in the limbs being longer behind than before, in the conformation of the rootless molars, and by the nature of the fur, which is more woolly than silky; but differing from the rabbit in the number of
their incisors and molars, in a greater length of tail, and also in having broader and more rounded ears. Chinchilla lanigera a species about 15 inches long, is covered with a beautiful pearly-gray fur, which is highly esteemed as stuff for muffs, pelisses, linings, fur coats etc. The chinchilla lives gregariously in the mountains of most parts of South America, and makes numerous and very deep burrows. It is of a gentle nature, very sportive, losing none of its gaiety in captivity, and living very cleanly.
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The coquito (Juboea spectabilis) is a palm tree found in Chile and allied to the coconut. It grows to about 15 metres and its sap when boiled makes palm- honey.
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Eccremocarpus is a genus of subtropical evergreen climbing plants natives of Chile and Peru, and belonging to the family Bignoniaceae. They have bipinnate leaves which end in tendrils, by means of which the plants climb to a height of three metres or more. The flowers are tubular and mostly yellow or reddish in colour. The species Eccremocarpus scaber was introduced to England for growing in gardens in 1824.
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Laurelia is a genus of trees belonging to the family Monimiaceae. They are found in Chile and New Zealand and have aromatic leaves resembling bay leaves in scent.
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Loasa is a genus mostly of sub-tropical plants, natives of Chile and Peru, belonging to the family
Loasaceae. Nearly all the species are characterised by stinging hairs, and most are climbing or trailing plants.
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Microbiotheria is a family of Metatheria containing one family, Microbiotheriidae, with the species monito del monte (Dromiciops australis) found in the Andes of Chile and Argentina.
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