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skin group

skin group noun: an Australian Aborigine social division, which is inherited from the mother and which determines whom one can marry and how one relates to others.

Noun

skin group (plural skin groups)

  1. An Australian Aborigine social division, which is inherited from the mother and which determines whom one can marry and how one relates to others.
    • A person is born into their skin group and thus, in addition to a personal name, shares with other relatives who are similarly classified, a skin name.2002, Diane Bell, Daughters of the Dreaming, →ISBN, page 18
    • Until very recently the penalties for marrying someone from another skin group were very harsh, and included death.2004, Claire Smith, Country, Kin and Culture, →ISBN, page 9

Forms of skin group

pluralskin groups
alternative formskin-group

Questions about skin group

What does skin group mean?
Skin group means an Australian Aborigine social division, which is inherited from the mother and which determines whom one can marry and how one relates to others.
What part of speech is skin group?
Skin group is a noun.
What is the plural of skin group?
The plural of skin group is skin groups.

Words near skin group in the dictionary

  1. skin graft
  2. skin grafted
  3. skin grafting
  4. skin graftings
  5. skin grafts
  6. skin group
  7. skin groups
  8. skin hunger
  9. skin in the game
  10. skin job
  11. skin jobs

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