See Also: Oryctere(medicine)

Inuk (iou) and Oryctere (medicine)


Inuk (iou)



Inuk noun & adjective. E19.
[Inupiaq, lit. 'person'. Cf. INUIT.]
A. noun. Pl. same, -s. An Eskimo of Canada or Greenland. Also, the Inupiaq dialects of such Eskimos. E19.
b. adjective. Of or pertaining to the Inuk or their dialects. M20.

Oryctere (medicine)


oryctere
<zoology> The aardvark.

Origin: Gr. Digger: cf. F. Oryctere.

Source: Websters Dictionary