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Sam·o·yed

 (săm′ə-yĕd′, -oi-ĕd′, sə-moi′ĭd)
n.
1.
a. A subdivision of the Uralic language family of extreme northwestern Russia that includes Nenets.
b. Nenets. No longer in technical use.
2. A dog of a medium-sized breed developed in northern Eurasia as a sled dog, having a thick white coat and a bushy tail carried over the back.
[Obsolete Russian samoyed, Nenets person, member of a people speaking a Samoyedic language, from alteration of samod, samoyad (taken as samo-, self; see samovar + -ed, eater; see ed- in Indo-European roots), of unknown origin.]
Sam′o·yed′ adj.
Sam′o·yed′ic adj.
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Sam•o•yed•ic

(ˌsæm əˈyɛd ɪk)
n.
1. a branch of the Uralic language family, comprising the languages spoken by the Samoyeds.
adj.
2. of or pertaining to the Samoyeds or their languages.
[1805–15]
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Noun1.Samoyedic - the Uralic languages spoken by the Samoyed in northwestern Siberia
Samoyed
Uralic, Uralic language - a family of Ural-Altaic languages
Nenets, Nentsi, Nentsy, Yurak-Samoyed - a Uralic language spoken by a Samoyed of northern Siberia
Enets, Entsi, Entsy, Yenisei-Samoyed, Yenisei, Yeniseian - the Uralic language spoken by the Yeniseian
Nganasan - the Uralic language spoken by the Nganasan
Ostyak-Samoyed, Selkup - the Uralic language spoken by the Ostyak-Samoyed
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