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愛斯基摩人
資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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}.
{Hudsonian} or, {Eskimo}, {whimbreal}, the Hudsonian curlew.
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}.]
{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
資料來源 : WordNet®
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}]