ioqua
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
A variant of hiaqua, from Chinook Jargon, from Nootka.
Noun[edit]
ioqua (plural ioquas)
- The shell of Antalis pretiosa, formerly used as money and ornaments (hiaqua) by Native American and Aboriginal people of the western United States and Canada.
- Synonym: dentalium
References[edit]
- “ioqua shell”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.