Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A member of a South American Indian people formerly inhabiting most of Patagonia, with a small present-day population in southern Argentina.
- noun The language of the Tehuelche.
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- proper noun A nearly
extinct Chonanlanguage spoken inPatagonia .
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Examples
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In Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego, the Ona and the Tehuelche lived as hunters of guanacos and rhea.
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Arapaho are exceptionally tall, and the Tehuelche of Patagonia almost massive in build.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability 1840-1916 1913
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Kung, the Tehuelche, or the Inuit, hunter-gatherer societies had to know what food would be available where at what times of the year.
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This is thought to be a reference to the large stature of the local Tehuelche people, who were generally much taller than Magellan's men.
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This is thought to be a reference to the large stature of the local Tehuelche people, who were generally much taller than Magellan's men.
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On one of our outings, we went to the village of Castillo to see the ancient "handprint" pictographs that were painted by the indigenous Tehuelche people.
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On one of our outings, we went to the village of Castillo to see the ancient "handprint" pictographs that were painted by the indigenous Tehuelche people.
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