yakuts

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yakuts - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Yakoots \Ya*koots"\, n. pl.; sing. Yakoot.
     (Ethnol.) A nomadic Mongolian tribe native of Northern
     Siberia, and supposed to be of Turkish stock. They are mainly
     pastoral in their habits. [Written also Yakuts.]
     [1913 Webster]