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Feb 13, 2012
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Es•ki•mo



Pronunciation: (es'ku-mō"), [key]
—n.,
—pl. -mos, (esp. collectively) -mo for 1.
1. a member of an indigenous people of Greenland, northern Canada, Alaska, and northeastern Siberia, characterized by short, stocky build and light-brown complexion.
2. either of two related languages spoken by the Eskimos, one in Greenland, Canada, and northern Alaska, the other in southern Alaska and Siberia. Cf. Inuit, Yupik.

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