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| Cushitic |
a subgroup of the Afro-Asiatic family of languages, spoken in Ethiopia, Somalia, and other parts of eastern Africa. [1/2 definitions] |
| Indic |
of or pertaining to the subgroup of Indo-European languages spoken in India, Ceylon, and Pakistan, such as Hindi or Bengali. [1/2 definitions] |
| Indo-Iranian |
a subgroup of the Indo-European family of languages that includes Farsi, Kurdish, and the languages of the Indian subcontinent. |
| lodge |
a local subgroup of a fraternal organization, such as Elks or Masons, or the place they meet. [1/11 definitions] |
| monocotyledon |
a member of the subgroup of flowering plants that produce only one seed leaf, usu. bear leaves with parallel veins, and do not grow in width by means of a vascular cambium. (Cf. dicotyledon.) |
| patois |
the speech of a social subgroup; jargon; cant. [1/2 definitions] |
| Turkic |
a subgroup of the Altaic languages that includes various languages of Asia Minor and southeastern Europe, such as Turkish. [1/2 definitions] |
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