Found 4 items, similar to eskimo.
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Definition: eskimo
eskimo
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Definition: eskimo
eskimo
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: Eskimo
Eskimo
n 1: 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') [syn:
Esquimau,
Inuit]
2: the language spoken by the Eskimo people [syn:
Esquimau]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Eskimo
Whimbrel
\Whim"brel\, n. [Cf.
Whimper.] (Zo["o]l)
Any one of several species of small curlews, especially the
European species (Numenius ph[ae]opus), called also
Jack curlew
,
half curlew,
stone curlew, and
tang whaup. See
Illustration in
Appendix.
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Hudsonian or,
Eskimo,
whimbreal, the Hudsonian curlew.
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Eskimo
\Es"ki*mo\, n.; pl.
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.]
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Eskimo dog (Zo["o]l.), one of a breed of large and powerful
dogs used by the Eskimos to draw sledges. It closely
resembles the gray wolf, with which it is often crossed.
Eskimo dog
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