[hyoo
r-uhn, -on or, often, yoor-] 
| 1. | a member of an Indian tribe, the northwestern member of the Iroquoian family, living west of Lake Huron. |
| 2. | an Iroquoian language, the language of the Huron Indians. |
| 3. | Lake, a lake between the U.S. and Canada: second largest of the Great Lakes. 23,010 sq. mi. (59,595 sq. km). |
| 4. | a city in E South Dakota. 13,000. |
| Hu·ron (hyŏŏr'ən, -ŏn') n. pl. Huron or Hu·rons
[French, boor, Huron, from Old French hure, bristling hair.] |
| Huron, Lake The second largest of the Great Lakes, between southeast Ontario, Canada, and eastern Michigan. Part of the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway system, it is navigable for oceangoing vessels, although winter ice in the shallower sections impedes free passage. Samuel de Champlain first sighted the lake in 1615. |
huron
(Spanish: "ferret"), either of two weasellike carnivores of the genus Galictis (sometimes Grison), family Mustelidae, found in most regions of Central and South America; sometimes tamed when young. These animals have small, broad ears, short legs, and slender bodies 40-50 cm (16-22 inches) long, weighing 1-3 kg (2-6.5 pounds); the tail accounts for an additional 15-20 cm (6-8 inches). Their backs are grayish or brown and their limbs, lower parts, and faces are black; a white stripe runs across the forehead and along the sides of the neck. Gregarious and generally diurnal, they climb, swim, and burrow adeptly and feed on small animals and fruit. Their litters contain two to four young
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