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☆ te·pee (tē′pē)

noun

  1. a cone-shaped tent of animal skins or bark used by North American Indian peoples of the plains and Great Lakes regions
  2. a similarly shaped Indian dwelling of other materials, such as canvas

Etymology: Dakota típi, dwelling < tí-, to dwell + -pi, suffix indicating pl., indefinite, or abstract form

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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