 esquimau |
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| 1. | [ noun ] a member of a people inhabiting the Arctic (northern Canada or Greenland or Alaska or eastern Siberia); the Algonquians called them Eskimo (`eaters of raw flesh') but they call themselves the Inuit (`the people') | |
| Synonyms: | Inuit Eskimo | |
| Related terms: | Indian | |
| 2. | [ noun ] (linguistics) the language spoken by the Eskimo people | |
| Synonyms: | Eskimo | |
| Related terms: | Eskimo-Aleut | |
| Similar spelling: |
Eskimo |
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