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Yokuts

noun
Yo·kuts | \ˈyō(ˌ)kəts\
plural Yokuts

Definition of Yokuts 

1a : an Indian people of the San Joaquin Valley and adjacent Sierra Nevada slopes, California

b : a member of such people

2 : a Mariposan language of the Yokuts people

3 : mariposan

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