- eskimoid
- es·ki·moid
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eskimoid
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eskimoid — ˈeskəˌmȯid adjective Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: Eskimo + oid : resembling the Eskimo their longer, narrower … faces were more Eskimoid than their successors H.B.Collins … Useful english dictionary
Es|ki|moid — «EHS kuh moyd», adjective, noun. –adj. resembling the Eskimos; having the physical characteristics of Eskimos: »The Aleuts [are] an Eskimoid people who occupied the Aleutian Islands (Ernest Gruening). –n. member of an Eskimoid people … Useful english dictionary
Eskimo — Eskimoan, adj. Eskimoid /es keuh moyd /, adj. /es keuh moh /, n., pl. Eskimos, (esp. collectively) Eskimo for 1. 1. a member of an indigenous people of Greenland, northern Canada, Alaska, and northeastern Siberia, characterized by short, stocky… … Universalium
