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Ostyaks

Ostyaks is the plural of Ostyak.

Meaning of Ostyak

Noun

Ostyak (plural Ostyaks)

  1. (archaic) A member of any of several indigenous peoples in Siberia, Russia, including the Khanty people and the Ket people.
    • The Ostiacks blister their skin by a fungus found on Birch-trees; and use the Agaricus officin. for Soap.1789, Erasmus Darwin, The Loves of the Plants, J. Johnson, page 36

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What is Ostyaks the plural of?
Ostyaks is the plural of Ostyak.

Words near Ostyaks in the dictionary

  1. osturduckens
  2. Ostwald
  3. Ostwald ripening
  4. Ostwaldian
  5. Ostyak
  6. Ostyaks
  7. Ostúa
  8. OSU
  9. Osuch
  10. Osuchs
  11. Osugbo

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