Gros Ventre

Gros Ventre  (gr vänt)

n. pl. Gros Ventre or Gros Ventres (vänt)

1. See Atsina.

2. See Hidatsa.

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[French, big belly : gros, big + ventre, belly (from an indigenous sign-language gesture designating this people that suggested a big belly).]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Gros Ventre - a member of the Sioux people formerly inhabiting an area along the Missouri river in western North Dakota Hidatsa Siouan, Sioux - a member of a group of North American Indian peoples who spoke a Siouan language and who ranged from Lake Michigan to the Rocky Mountains
	2.	Gros Ventre - a Siouan language spoken by the Hidatsa Hidatsa Siouan language, Siouan - a family of North American Indian languages spoken by the Sioux