(n. sing. & pl.) A powerful and warlike confederacy of Indian tribes, formerly inhabiting Central New York and constituting most of the Five Nations. Also, any Indian of the Iroquois tribes.
Example Sentences:
(1) The mean age at onset of diabetes, 59 years, was 10 years higher than that observed in Oneida Iroquois of Ontario.
(2) The incidence of this bridging trait was investigated according to that standard in nine cranial series of East Indians, Micronesians, Japanese, Ainu, Mongols, Aleuts, Alaskan Eskimos, Canadian Eskimos, and Ontario Iroquois.
(3) Intraobserver scoring precision of 50 discontinuous (discrete) cranial traits was assessed on a sample of 125 intact Iroquois crania using the square of the phi coefficient.
(4) Incidence of the trait was less in East Indians, Ontario Iroquois, and Micronesians, but greater in Alaskan Eskimos and Canadian Eskimos, the incidences in Japanese, Ainu, Aleuts, and Mongols being intermediate.
Mohawk
Definition:
(n.) One of a tribe of Indians who formed part of the Five Nations. They formerly inhabited the valley of the Mohawk River.
(n.) One of certain ruffians who infested the streets of London in the time of Addison, and took the name from the Mohawk Indians.
Example Sentences:
(1) Overall, an attractive, Mohawked Nasa scientist is a fun thing to talk about.
(2) Last year, he was picked to pitch in with Kanye West’s Yeezus sessions along with Hudson Mohawke, Gesaffelstein and Evian Christ, despite few people knowing who he was.
(3) Andersen, who has a 'mohawk' hairstyle and a past which includes a drugs ban, joined the Miami Heat after leaving the Nuggets.
(4) With a green mohawk, colored to match his wrist wraps and the lettering on his team’s shirts, Andrew ‘Big Diesel’ Dziezak steps up to the deadlift bar bearing a weight of 385 lbs.
(5) In order to help define the boundaries of the distribution of the albumin variants Naskapi and Mexico which are polymorphic among several American Indian groups, we examined sera from Micmac, Mohawk, Northwest River Naskapi, Omaha and Apache Indians, and from Aleuts and Eskimos.
(6) His feathery mohawk is even more preposterous than that of the man he's just replaced.
(7) The baby does have an impressive mohawk, but it’s quite flat at this early stage,” Wright said.
(8) They want to function entirely – in our case Mohawk – that’s how they want to live their lives.” Still, of Canada’s roughly 60 indigenous languages, only Cree, Ojibwa and Inuktituk – an Inuit language – are currently predicted to survive.
(9) Ferdowsi, also known as "Nasa Mohawk Guy" , became an internet sensation after his unusual hairdo caught the eye of those watching the Mars Curiosity landing on Nasa TV.
(10) August 6, 2012 The third element of the Nasa Mohawk Guy meme that contributes to its popularity is that it provides a framework for cultural commentary and content creation.
(11) Among the Mohawk children, the earliest segmentation of words was phonological rather than morphological: stressed syllables, usually penultimate or antepenultimate, were extracted first.
(12) The authors report the rates of obesity, hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, smoking, and macrovascular and microvascular complications among Mohawks of Kahnawake, PQ, who have non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus.
(13) Instead of Moe's Tavern, the town has the Mohawk Tavern, where Christina Ruth, 33, serves $2 (£1.25) beers ($1 during happy hour) and shots of rum-filled jelly to customers who stop on the way home from work for what they term a "drunk on".
(14) Despite the fact that his tattoos, mohawks and on-court demeanor make him look like at best a sideshow geek and at worst a particularly irredeemable inmate on Oz , Chris "Birdman" Andersen has actually been the Heat's most valuable bench player, contributing big on defense and making all of his shots during the Eastern Conference finals.
(15) Participating in the Nasa Mohawk Guy meme can communicate many things: I celebrate nonconformity; I am a member of the Persian community; I encourage the expression of individuality in the workplace; I feel that science is important and cool.
(16) 14 min: A decent scoring opportunity for Brazil goes to waste after a disappointingly leaden-footed touch from Neymar, who is sporting an interesting mohawk type barnet that makes him resemble a toilet brush.
(17) With plans to offer the album as a free download , Sinden recruited some of the UK's top grime producers and MCs, including Terror Danjah, Wiley, Hudson Mohawke and Rustie.
(18) n. (Hirudinea: Piscicolidae) is described from the white sucker, Catostomus commersoni Lacépède (Osteichthyes: Catostomidae) from the Mohawk River drainage of eastern New York.
(19) The work includes photographs from Randall Park Mall, a Cleveland-area shopping centre being demolished after five years of vacancy, and Rolling Acres, to which the tattooed, mohawk-sporting photographer returned in late May.
(20) Truth in ancient wisdom #1 Mohawk and Dene people in North America and Canada were traditionally encouraged during pregnancy to rise early and stay active, chopping kindling and walking plenty, while eating just enough good foods for a healthy baby (but not too much, so they don't block the exit).