[tee-pee] 
| a tent of the American Indians, made usually from animal skins laid on a conical frame of long poles and having an opening at the top for ventilation and a flap door. |
| tee·pee (tē'pē) n. Variant of tepee. |
| te·pee also tee·pee or ti·pi (tē'pē) n. pl. te·pees or ti·pis A portable dwelling of certain Native American peoples, especially on the Great Plains, consisting of a conical framework of poles covered with skins or bark. [Sioux thípi, dwelling.] |
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