Sam·o·yed (sămə-yĕd′, -oi-ĕd′, sə-moiĭd)
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Tweet n. 1. a. A subdivision of the Uralic language family of extreme northwestern Russia that includes Nenets. b. Nenets. No longer in technical use. 2. A dog of a medium-sized breed developed in northern Eurasia as a sled dog, having a thick white coat and a bushy tail carried over the back. [Obsolete Russian samoyed, Nenets person, member of a people speaking a Samoyedic language, from alteration of samod, samoyad (taken as samo-, self; see SAMOVAR + -ed, eater; see ed- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots), of unknown origin.] Samo·yed′ adj. Sam′o·yedic adj. |
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