Eskimo-Aleut

Eskimo-Aleut
/es"keuh moh'euh looht", -al"ee ooht'/, n.
1. a stock of languages, consisting of Eskimo and Aleut.
adj.
2. of or belonging to Eskimo-Aleut.

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