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Penobscot1 definition

Pe·nob·scot (pi näb′skät′, -skət)

noun

  1. pl. Penobscots -·scots′ or Penobscot -·scot′ a member of a North American Indian people living esp. in Maine
  2. the Algonquian language of this people, a variety of Abenaki

adjective

of the Penobscots or their language or culture
Penobscot2 definition

Pe·nob·scot (pi näb′skät′, -skət)

river in central Me., flowing south into an arm (Penobscot Bay) of the Atlantic: c. 350 mi (563 km)

Etymology: < Abenaki pαnáwαhpskek, lit., where the rocks widen

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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