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Tungus
Tungus
English
Alternative forms
- Tungoose (dated)
Noun
Tungus (plural Tunguses)
- Any member of a group of roving Turanian tribes in Eastern Siberia and the Amoor valley, who speak Tungusic languages.
Proper noun
Tungus
- (dated, possibly obsolete) The Evenki language.
References
- Tungus in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913