Tehuelche
Americannoun
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a member of an Indigenous people of Patagonia.
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the language of the Tehuelche.
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Origin of Tehuelche
First recorded in 1770–80; from Spanish, from Araucanian cheu(ù)lche, of uncertain meaning
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The dinosaur's name honors the traditions of the Aonikenk people, the southernmost group of the Indigenous Tehuelche peoples of Patagonia.
From Science Daily ● May 29, 2026
The Tehuelche were innovators, too: Outsiders marveled at their bolas, weighted rope snares they swung and launched from horseback to hunt llamalike guanaco and flightless rhea birds.
From Science Magazine ● Dec. 7, 2023
The Indigenous Tehuelche people called it Chaltén, or smoking mountain, because it is usually shrouded by clouds.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 8, 2022
The fossils of Gualicho, named after an evil spirit feared by Patagonia's indigenous Tehuelche people, were discovered in Argentina's Rio Negro Province.
From Reuters ● Jul. 13, 2016
But the Tehuelche Indians have not now to mourn, nor do the Welshmen now hang their heads in shame at the mention of any King Philip.
From The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia by Spears, John R.
It was a scene of austere beauty: the rolling plain, broken here and there by basalt outcroppings where the native Tehuelches took shelter from the wind and lie in wait for passing game.
From New York Times ● Mar. 10, 2019
They do not build boats and neither do the Tehuelches of Patagonia, but considerable numbers of Onas have been found in Patagonia and may still be found there.
From The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia by Spears, John R.
New Year's Island, north of Staten Island, 18, 140; gold on, 148, 150 Nomads of Patagonia, the Tehuelches, 151 et seq.
From The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia by Spears, John R.
Now, the Onas had no horses or beasts of burden, as did the Tehuelches.
From The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia by Spears, John R.
For cooking the Tehuelches use the long steel bar common among gauchos for suspending a roast over the fire.
From The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia by Spears, John R.
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