yap

[YAP, v.] 1. The cry of a dog, a bark; a yelp. 2. Aslang word applied to a farmer; a rustic. ya-pock, s . [Named from the river Yapock, or Oyapock, separating French Guiana from Brazil, where the was first found.] Zool.: Cheironectes variegatus (or † palm at us ), from Guiana and Brazil. It is rather larger than a common rat, with large, naked ears, and a long, nearly naked, tail; fur brown above, with three transverse bright gray bands, interrupted in the middle, white below. Its habits closely resemble those of the otter, and it feeds on crustaceans and other aquatic animals. [CHEIRONECTES, 2.]