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absaroke

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Ab·sa·ro·ke   (āb-sär'ə-kə)   
n.   pl. Absaroke or Ab·sa·ro·kes
See Crow1.

[Crow, children of the long-beaked bird.]
Crow 1   (krō)   
n.   pl. Crow or Crows In both senses also called Absaroke.
    1. A Native American people formerly inhabiting an area of the northern Great Plains between the Platte and Yellowstone rivers, now located in southeast Montana. The Crow became nomadic buffalo hunters after migrating west from the Missouri River in North Dakota in the 18th century.

    2. A member of this people.

  1. The Siouan language of the Crow.

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