Look up: Eskimo

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   Eskimo
   The Eskimo are an aboriginal people living in North America, and chiefly in Greenland. They are short of stature, averaging around 1.6 meters tall, with broad, fat faces, black eyes, brownish yellow skin and coarse black hair. They live by hunting and fishing. Hunting is done with dog drawn sledges, fishing from a canoe. During the summer they live in tents and in winter huts made from turf and snow heated by oil lamps. They tend to live in small groups of twenty to thirty families and practise ...
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   Eskimo
   [n] - a member of a people inhabiting the Arctic (northern Canada or Greenland or Alaska or eastern Siberia) 2. [n] - the language spoken by the Eskimo people
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   Eskimo
   Algonquian term for Arctic peoples meaning `eater of raw meat`, now considered offensive. See Inuit. ...
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   Eskimo
   pure wool double face cloth for overcoats Category: Various industries and crafts
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   Eskimo
   Es'ki·mo noun ; plural Eskimos . [ Originally applied by the Algonquins to the Northern Indians, and meaning eaters of raw flesh .] (Ethnol.) One of a peculiar race inhabiting Arctic America and Greenland. In many respects the Eskimos resemble the Mongolian race. [ Written also Esquimau .] Eskimo dog (Zoology) , one of a breed of large and powe ...
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   eskimo
   Origin: Originally applied by the Algonquins to the Northern Indians, and meaning eaters of raw flesh. ... <ethnology> One of a peculiar race inhabiting Arctic America and Greenland. In many respects the Eskimos resemble the Mongolian race. ... <zoology> Alternative forms: Esquimau] Eskimo dog, one of breed of large and powerful dogs used ...
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   Eskimo
   Esquimau noun the language spoken by the Eskimo
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   Eskimo
   Esquimau 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`)
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   Eskimo
   `Eskimos` or `esquimaux` are aboriginal people who inhabited the circumpolar region from eastern Siberia, across Alaska and Canada, and all of Greenland.
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    Eskimo
    • (n.) One of a peculiar race inhabiting Arctic America and Greenland. In many respects the Eskimos resemble the Mongolian race.
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    Eskimo
    any member of a group of peoples who, with the closely related Aleuts, constitute the chief element in the indigenous population of the Arctic and ... [45 related articles]
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    Eskimo
    Eskimo (es'kumō) , a general term used to refer to a number of groups inhabiting the coastline from the Bering Sea to Greenland and the Chukchi Peninsula in NE Siberia. A number of distinct groups, based on differences in patterns of resource exploitation, are commonly identified, includin...
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