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Book: Buffalo Before Breakfast
Words & Phrases

The Lakota people belong to one of the Native American tribes. They treasure these things:

  Noun Picture Meaning
1. buckskin pants
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buckskin pants Trousers made of male deer skin
2. coonskin caps
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coonskin caps Caps made from the skin of a raccoon, an animal with black patches around its eyes and a ringed tail
3. prairie
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prairie A large treeless area of land with grass all over it
4. tepees:
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tepee Cone-shaped tents made with animal skins and used by Native Americans
5. moccasin
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moccasin A heelless Native American shoe made of deer skin
6. porcupine quills
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porcupine quills Sharp spines on the body of a porcupine, an animal that sticks its spines up under attack
7. buffalo ribs:
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ribs Bones protecting the heart and lungs of a species of cows with horns
8. pipe
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pipe A tube-shaped tool for smoking

Reference: Collins Cobuild Advanced Learner's English Dictionary, MSN Encarta Dictionary