the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. The hut used by the nomadic Indian tribes of the arid regions of the west and southwest United States, typically elliptical in form, with a rough frame covered with reed mats or grass or brushwood.
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n. a lodge consisting of a frame covered with matting or brush; used by nomadic American Indians in the southwestern United States
Word Usage
"Everywhere the naked, hungry, frightened little Indian children, darting behind bush or into wikiup at sight of you."