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Gros Ventre
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Gros Ventre  (gr vänt)
n. pl. Gros Ventre or Gros Ventres (vänt)
1. See Atsina.
2. See Hidatsa.

[French, big belly : gros, big + ventre, belly (from an indigenous sign-language gesture designating this people that suggested a big belly).]
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Noun1.Gros Ventre - a member of the Sioux people formerly inhabiting an area along the Missouri river in western North DakotaGros Ventre - a member of the Sioux people formerly inhabiting an area along the Missouri river in western North Dakota
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
Siouan language, Siouan - a family of North American Indian languages spoken by the Sioux


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