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Noun: Piute  'pI,oot
  1. A member of either of two Native American Shoshonean peoples (northern Paiute and southern Paiute) living in the southwestern United States
    "The Piute were skilled basket weavers";
    - Paiute

Derived forms: Piutes

Type of: Shoshone, Shoshoni

Encyclopedia: Piute