Sparteye made a strong initial run but was ultimately tied by dxb with three(3) votes; meanwhile, Wordwind, ASp and dxb got the truth of it.

a) a long-handled oblong swab for cleaning the bore of a cannon after discharge [Wordwind]

b) a fanciful additive which makes milk appear to be beer [tsuwm]

c) an Indian trained as a soldier by the British, loaned to the East India Company for protection of their employees and property: Sepoy [dxb] dellfarmer, Jackie, wofa

d) an obsolete Scot. form of cuckoo [OED2] Wordwind, ASp, dxb

e) a small, nocturnal, arboreal mammal native to semi-tropical regions [Sparteye] etaoin, Bingley, sjmaxq

f) one of the oldest genus of trees on the Japanese islands [maverick] Coffeebean

g) [Scots Gaelic] the chanter on a bagpipe [Asp] Sparteye, maverick

h) a small, colorful fish found exclusively in the waters of the Galapagos Archipelago [consuelo]

i) alt. form of gingko, a primitive tree whose species dates back to the Jurassic Era (originally a typographical error which first entered the dictionary in 1913 and has been perpetuated ever since) [wofa] Musick

j) the dried residue of bird excreta [WO’N] juan

k) a woman of easy virtue, Army slang from Korean [Faldage] Capfka

l) a traditional Indonesian drink served to a newly married couple [belMarduk] Faldage, belM

m) a S. American penguin that became extinct towards the end of the 19th century [Bingley]

n) a ginkgo biloba extract base beverage thickened with miso and flavored with ginger, originated in Japan [musick]

o) rice paper [Jackie] consuelo