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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A family of North American Indian languages spoken widely in the Midwest by the Caddo
Synonyms:
Caddo; Caddoan; Caddoan language
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("Caddoan language" is a kind of...):
American-Indian language; American Indian; Amerind; Amerindian language; Indian (any of the languages spoken by Amerindians)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Caddoan language"):
Aricara; Arikara (the Caddoan language spoken by the Arikara)
Pawnee (the Caddoan language spoken by the Pawnee)
Wichita (the Caddoan language spoken by the Wichita)