Nan"dine (?), n. [Native name.] (Zoöl.) An African carnivore (Nandinia
binotata), allied to the civets. It is spotted with black.
{ Nan"dou (?), Nan"du (?), } n. [Braz. nhandu or yandu.] (Zoöl.) Any
one of three species of South American ostriches of the genera Rhea and
Pterocnemia. See Rhea. [Written also nandow.]
Nan*keen" (?), n. [So called from its being originally manufactured at
Nankin, in China.] [Written also nankin.] 1. A species of cloth, of a
firm texture, originally brought from China, made of a species of
cotton (Gossypium religiosum) that is naturally of a brownish yellow
color quite indestructible and permanent.