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Chiricahua

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Chir·i·ca·hua  (chr-käw)
n. pl. Chiricahua or Chir·i·ca·huas
1. A formerly nomadic Apache tribe inhabiting southern New Mexico, southeast Arizona, and northern Mexico, with present-day populations in Oklahoma and New Mexico.
2. A member of this tribe.


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In the Chiricahua Mountains of Arizona, one in every three moths is a Bertholdia trigona, the species of moth that uses ultrasonic clicks as a sonar-jamming defence.
Legendary Apache chieftains, including Cochise and Geronimo, once inhabited the surrounding valley and the slopes of the Chiricahua Mountains.
Legendary Apache chieftains, including Cochise and Geronimo, once inhabited the surrounding valley and the slopes of the Chiricahua Mountains.
 
 
 
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