Eskimo (n)
Esquimau (n)
Inuit (n)

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type n
lex_filenum 18
def a member of a people inhabiting the Arctic (northern Canada or Greenland or Alaska or eastern Siberia)
def the Algonquians called them Eskimo (`eaters of raw flesh') but they call themselves the Inuit (`the people')
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Hypernym Indian, American Indian, Red Indian
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Hyponym Indian, American Indian, Red Indian

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