Nomadic vs Wickiup - What's the difference?
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Of, or relating to nomads.
Leading a wandering life with no fixed abode; peripatetic, itinerant.
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A domed hut, similar to a wigwam, used by some semi-nomadic Native American tribes, particularly in the southwestern and western United States.
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As a adjective nomadic
is of, or relating to nomads.As a noun wickiup is
a domed hut, similar to a wigwam, used by some semi-nomadic native american tribes, particularly in the southwestern and western united states.nomadic
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* nomadick (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)citation, passage=Many of these classic methods are still used, with some modern improvements. For example, with the aid of special microphones and automated sound detection software, ornithologists recently reported […] that pine siskins (Spinus pinus ) undergo an irregular, nomadic type of nocturnal migration.}}
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*wickiup
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(wikipedia wickiup)Noun
(en noun)- At that time there were still indians camped on the western plains and late in the day he passed in his riding a scattered group of their wickiups propped upon that scoured and trembling waste.