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Miskito

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Mis·ki·to  (m-skt)
n. pl. Miskito or Mis·ki·tos In both senses also called Mosquito.
1. A member of an American Indian people inhabiting the Caribbean coast of northeast Nicaragua and southeast Honduras.
2. The language of the Miskito.
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