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nouna 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')type of:
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nounthe language spoken by the Eskimo
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- eskimo 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')
- eskimo the language spoken by the Eskimo
- igloo an Eskimo hut; usually built of blocks (of sod or snow) in the shape of a dome
- inuit 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')
- kayak a small canoe consisting of a light frame made watertight with animal skins; used by Eskimos
- rasmussen Danish ethnologist and Arctic explorer; led expeditions into the Arctic to find support for his theory that Eskimos and North American Indians originally migrated from Asia (1879-1933)
- tupek tent that is an Eskimo summer dwelling
- kund johan victor rasmussen Danish ethnologist and Arctic explorer; led expeditions into the Arctic to find support for his theory that Eskimos and North American Indians originally migrated from Asia (1879-1933)
- esquimau the language spoken by the Eskimo
- eskimo-aleut language the family of languages that includes Eskimo and Aleut