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English noun: Eskimo | |||
| 1. | Eskimo (person) 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 | Esquimau, Inuit | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | American Indian, Indian, Red Indian | ||
| 2. | Eskimo (communication) the language spoken by the Eskimo | ||
| Synonyms | Esquimau | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | Eskimo-Aleut, Eskimo-Aleut language | ||
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